The All Odisha EPF Pension Association on Thursday staged dharana and demonstration before the EPFOs in Bhubaneswar, Brahmapur, Keonjhar, Rourkela and Baleswar. They demanded a minimum increase of pension to Rs 9,000, bonus and Dearness Allowance. A 10-member delegation met the Regional Commissioner and submitted a memorandum to the Union Labour Minister Bhupendra Yadav. Khordha district president Praffula Kumar Das and secretary Mayadhar Mallick said though Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written to the Union Minister, the latter was turning a blind eye to the just demands of the pensioners. They urged the Union Government to immediately consider their demands otherwise they will start an agitation for an indefinite period.