Lucknow, Aug. 11 -- Hundreds of farmers and workers staged protests and road blockades across Uttar Pradesh on Monday, demanding withdrawal of the four labour codes, a minimum wage of Rs.42,000 and an eight-hour working day.

In Lucknow, protesters gathered at Parivartan Chowk and marched towards the Jan Bhawan but were stopped near KD Singh Babu Stadium, where a meeting was held. A five-member delegation later submitted a memorandum to the Governor's representative.

The delegation included Chandrashekhar, Umashankar Mishra, H.N. Tiwari, Satyendra Kumar Maurya and Anil Kumar Shukla.

Addressing the protesters, Shailendra Dubey, convener of the Uttar Pradesh Vidyut Karmachari Joint Sangharsh Samiti, said that the nationwide slogan today i...