Delhi minister to hold talks with mayors amid salary 'crisis'

Delhi Urban Development Minister Satyendar Jain will hold a meeting with the mayors of three corporations. The mayors earlier sat outside the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

New Delhi: Delhi Urban Development Minister Satyendar Jain will hold a meeting with the mayors of the three municipal corporations on Monday afternoon, a senior official said.

The meetings come amid a crisis over pending salaries of doctors of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation-run hospitals. Doctors of NDMC hospitals are currently agitating over the issue.

• Had called the mayors for all three MCDs but they haven't showed up.
  Seems like they are only concerned with doing politics. MCD has funds for hoardings but they do not have funds to pay Doctors' salaries. pic.twitter.com/vgJvlpwbzC

  — Satyendar Jain (@SatyendarJain) October 26, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  Had called the mayors for all three MCDs but they haven't showed up.
  Seems like they are only concerned with doing politics. MCD has funds for hoardings but they do not have funds to pay Doctors' salaries. pic.twitter.com/vgJvlpwbzC

  — Satyendar Jain (@SatyendarJain) October 26, 2020

  ">

  Had called the mayors for all three MCDs but they haven't showed up.
  Seems like they are only concerned with doing politics. MCD has funds for hoardings but they do not have funds to pay Doctors' salaries. pic.twitter.com/vgJvlpwbzC

  — Satyendar Jain (@SatyendarJain) October 26, 2020

The three mayors, Jai Prakash (North Delhi), Anamika (South Delhi) and Nirmal Jain (East Delhi), earlier sat outside the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, seeking a meeting with him over the non-payment of salaries of the employees of the three corporations.

Jain, who also holds the health portfolio, later tweeted, "I received a call from Hon Chief Minister to meet the Mayors of all the three MCD's. I am waiting for them."

PTI