New Delhi: Faced with delay in payments of salaries and prospect of joblessness, employees of now-grounded Jet Airways on Thursday blamed the Narendra Modi government and lenders for the collapse of the airline. Hundreds of airline staff from across departments gathered at the Jantar Mantar in the national capital to appeal the government to do 'something' to revive the carrier.

"Government should have handled it better. Timely intervention by providing emergency funding could have saved the airline," said Sonal Gupta, who works as security supervisor in the airline.