Ludhiana, Nov. 15 -- The sit-in protest of the Agricultural Students' Union at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) demanding recruitment to the vacant posts in the agriculture department and related bodies entered 52nd day on Friday.

Ever since the protest started on September 26, they have met the governor, cabinet ministers and senior bureaucrats, but their demands haven't been met so far. The students are demanding immediate recruitment to the vacant posts in the agriculture department, Mandi Board, horticulture department, Markfed, Punjab Seed Corporation, and other related departments, and the creation of a post for agricultural teachers.

Angrej Mann, a member of the union, said, "CM Mann had promised that he would appoint agr...