India, Aug. 28 -- Punjab government employees on Friday burnt an effigy of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and raised slogans against him in Hoshiarpur to protest his alleged "indifferent attitude" and refusal to meet with employee representatives, union leaders said.

The protest was organised outside the civil surgeon's office by the Joint Coordination Committee, formed by the Punjab Employees and Pensioners Joint Front and the Sanjha Mulazim Manch, Punjab.

The protesting employees also burnt copies of a government letter issued regarding the mass casual leave observed by employees on August 27, as well as copies of a post on X made by the chief minister on Thursday, in which he said that holding a meeting and continuing a protest could n...