Bhubaneswar, Sept. 8 -- The protest by supply assistants continued at Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday, with members of the Odisha State Supply Assistants' Association demanding permanent jobs, fair wages and fulfillment of their 11-point charter of demands.

The members of the association have been observing mass leave as part of their agitation. The protest entered its second day on Tuesday, with a large number of supply assistants gathering at Lower PMG and raising slogans in support of their demands.

The employees have mainly sought permanent status for all contractual supply assistants working across the state. They said that they have been working on a contractual basis for a long time and want the government to take steps to pr...