The Delhi government said clinics near Ayushman Arogya Mandirs were redundant, with 41 already non-functional, as CM Rekha Gupta inaugurated 81 new centres.
The Tribunal observed that the government had prematurely ended their active contracts and issued a fresh advertisement to recruit replacements, allegedly violating established norms.
Saurabh Bharadwaj, MLA Kuldeep Kumar and several party workers gathered outside the Govindpuri Mohalla Clinic in Kalkaji, raising slogans against government shutting down Mohalla clinics.
According to officials, the crisis began soon after the assembly elections, when the Central Procurement Agency (CPA) failed to issue any new tenders for medicine supplies.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also raised the issue during a press conference on Sunday, accusing the government of going back on its promise to protect the workers.
