Bengaluru: Rahul Gandhi had a candid conversation with gig workers and delivery partners at a private hotel on May 7.
Over a cup of coffee and masala dosa, they discussed the lives of delivery workers, lack of stable employment and rising prices of basic commodities. He also keenly listened to why these youngsters had taken up gig jobs, and what were their working conditions were like.
Bengaluru alone has 2,00,000+ people doing gig jobs. The Congress party has made specific promises for them in their Manifesto including setting up a Gig Workers’ Welfare Board with a corpus of Rs. 3,000 Crore, and to ensure minimum hourly wages for gig workers and other workers in the unorganised sector.
Rahul Gandhi later hopped onto the pillion seat, chatting with a delivery partner about the consequences of BJP’s corruption-ridden ‘40% Commission Sarkara’, and the Congress party’s 5 Guarantees.
On his ride, Rahul Gandhi wore a helmet and went on a bike ride without any security around him.
Rahul and his sister and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi are in Karnataka campaigning for the upcoming Assembly elections. Rahul and Priyanka campaigned for Anekal Congress candidate B. Shivanna on May 7.