KFA employees urge Yuvraj not to play for RCB in IPL

They went on to say, “we would also like to bring to your kind attention that as far as non-payment is concerned, players are no exception to Mallya.”

We hope you will rise above commercialism and would support your brothers/sisters on this issue, it added.

The union also said that the employees have not only exhausted all their savings, but was also under the burden of huge debts, taken from their relatives/banks by mortgaging their properties/jewellery.

“The case is worse for lower staff those who are forced to stay in slums as destitute. While Mallya says that he does not have money to pay us whereas he is spending crores in IPL/Formula 1/Kingfisher calendars,” the letter pointed out.

The airline, which posted Rs 822.42-crore loss for the quarter ended December 31, 2013, is grounded since October 2012.