Big Trouble For Bhagwant Mann: Punjab Employees, Outsourced Workers & Pensioners on Strike

A massive wave of protests has hit Punjab as government employees, outsourced workers, and pensioners launched a statewide strike to press for their long-pending demands. The agitators are demanding the regularisation of outsourced services, release of withheld dearness allowances, and revision of pension benefits from the Aam Aadmi Party administration led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. The industrial action has heavily disrupted routine administrative work, with government offices, particularly in Sangrur, facing severe functional paralysis. Protesters gathered in large numbers to raise slogans against the state government, accusing authorities of failing to fulfill pre-poll promises made to the working class. With administrative operations coming to a standstill in several districts, mounting pressure is on the state leadership to initiate immediate dialogue and resolve the deadlock before the agitation intensifies further across the region.