Jalandhar, Aug. 6 -- Rural and agricultural labour organisations staged a state-level protest in Jalandhar and marched towards chief minister Bhagwant Mann's residence in city on Wednesday to press for their long-pending demands, including hike in minimum daily wages, debt waiver and increase in social welfare pension.

Baldev Singh Noorpoori, a labour union activist, said the state government had failed to address the concerns of landless labourers over the past four years and had made only false promises regarding their welfare.

"The labourer unions were promised a meeting with the chief minister five times over the past four years, but none took place," he said.

Tarsem Peter, state president of Pendu Mazdoor Union, said that before c...