Punjab Government employees reject 3 percent hike in DA as ‘Diwali gift’, announce month long agitation against AAP government, watch video
Babushahi Network
Chandigarh, November 5, 2026: The Punjab Government employees have rejected 3 percent hike in DA as ‘Diwali gift’ by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and have instead announced month long agitation against AAP government starting from November 13 which will culminate in formation of a human chain from Shambhu to Amritsar.
Addressing a press conference in Chandigarh Press Club, Sukhchain Khera and Gurnam Singh Virk, leaders of the Joint Coordination Committee of Employee and Pensioner Unions said that nearly four lakh Punjab Government employees and 3.5 lakh pensioners have announced this month-long agitation which will begin on November 13.
They said that this agitation will begin with a pucca dharna at Sangrur from November 13 to 19 after which the unions shifting their protest venue from Chandigarh. They further said that from December 1 to 5, employees and pensioners will stage protests outside the residences of all 91 AAP MLAs in their respective constituencies and burn effigies of the ruling party.
They also disclosed that on December 6, the ashes of the effigies will be immersed in the Budha Nullah. They said that agitation will culminate on December 13 when a human chain will be formed from Shambhu to Amritsar, nearly a 250 km route.