Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was in Bengaluru for campaigning ahead of the May 10 Karnataka assembly elections, took a pillion ride with a Blinkit delivery executive in the city on Sunday. The video has been widely circulated on social media platforms.
Media reports said that the former Congress chief rode the scooter for about 2 kms. “Rahul Gandhi ji with a delivery man, he had a conversation with him on a scooty. New style of campaigning in Karnataka,” a Twitter user wrote on the microblogging platform.
In the video, Rahul Gandhi is seen interacting with delivery partners of Dunzo, Swiggy, Zomato and Blinkit about employment opportunities on Sunday.
Indian Youth Congress chief Srinivas BV said, “Shri @RahulGandhiji had a candid interaction with gig workers and delivery partners of Dunzo, Swiggy, Zomato, Blinkit etc at the prestigious Airlines Hotel in Bengaluru today.”
“Over a cup of coffee and masala dosa, they discussed the lives of delivery workers, the lack of stable employment and rising prices of basic commodities. He also listened carefully as to why these youths have taken up gig jobs and what is their working condition.
He said that in Bengaluru alone more than 2,00,000 people are doing gig jobs and the Congress party has made specific promises for them in its manifesto.
Promises to set 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 unorganized sector.
He further added, “Rahul Gandhi ji later sat in the back seat and talked with the delivery partner about the results of BJP’s corruption-ridden ‘40% commission government’ and the Congress party’s 5 guarantees.”
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