Monday 29 April 2013
Bangalore: As if pressure from Kingfisher employees to release their pending salaries was not enough, Vijay Mallya has received another jolt today when RCB cheerleaders threatened to go on an indefinite strike if their demand of increased pay when Chris Gayle is batting is not met.
The cheerleaders have cited extreme work pressure and danger to their lives when Chris Gayle is batting as the prime reason for demanding a hike.
Mallya Sr went into a state of mental delirium after this fresh demand related to salaries.
“For the viewers it is a treat, but for us it is the most stressful period when he is batting. We have to be on our toes (literally) for the entire duration Gayle is on crease. Leave alone sitting , we cant even go to washroom when he is batting. In fact, we recently entered Guinness Book of world record for dancing continuously for 1 hour because the beast was just not in a mood to get out. In addition to this, we have to constantly watch out for the balls, he so mercilessly hits. We have started fearing for our lives after few of us had to be hospitalized after being hit by one such shot,” said a tired looking cheerleader
Team Manager of RCB Mr Avinash Vaidya has termed these demands ridiculous: “This is an absolutely atrocious demand. Agreed they have to do their extra bit of work when Chris is batting, but they also enjoy more than their share of rest and free time when Dilshan and Saurabh Tiwary are on the crease. So it obviously gets balanced out. If they persist with demands we will have to ask them to return the salaries they get when the rest of RCB is batting.”
Sidhartha Mallya, Director RCB chose not to respond to these demands on air but vented out his feelings on his favorite social networking site Twitter.
“Been getting threats from Cheerleaders. Not too sure who they are, dancer of some sorts?? But it seems something has upset them,” Sidhartha Mallya tweeted before tweeting, “There are always two sides to a story. Pipe down love.”
Realizing the gravity of the situation, even Bangalore Police has made it mandatory for everyone inside Chinnaswamy stadium (except Gayle) to wear helmets or else be ready to be heavily penalized.
Meanwhile Vijay Mallya has asked Virat Kohli if he can cajole cheerleaders into taking back their demands by using his Celkon Mobile.
