These protests against Maharashtra government over the non-payment of their rightful dues are not new. The Maharashtra government's reluctance to pay dues and salaries to their employees has now taken many lives in the state.
The Uddhav Thackeray government has displayed their misplaced priorities by going after the dissidents such as Arnab Goswami and Kangana Ranaut but not addressing the financial woes suffered by the government employees
Veteran Congress leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa is the chairman of the governing body of the JJM hospital, Davanagere, which Rajdeep Sardesai had alluded to in his tweet for holding PM Modi responsible for the non-payment of stipends to its doctors.
Delhi HC took suo moto cognisance of the matter after various news reports claimed that salaries of resident doctors of MCD were withheld from the last 3 months
The government will be deducting a six days' worth salary every month of all categories of government employees including teachers, university staff, workers of all public sector units in the next five months as a temporary measure.