Ludhiana, April 29 -- In an escalation of their ongoing agitation, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) employees staged a demonstration outside the Sunder Nagar division office on Monday, burning effigies to protest against the Punjab government's decision of privatising the Lalru and Kharar divisions.

The protest was led by key union leaders, including Gurpreet Singh Mehdoodan (divisional president, PSEB Employees Federation AITUC), Gaurav Kumar (divisional president, TSU), and engineer Jagtar Singh (state leader, Association of Junior Engineers).

The protest began with a gate rally, after which the protesters burnt an effigy, symbolising both the Punjab government and the management of PSPCL. The employees were joined b...