Hyderabad/Alive News: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will attend an event for gig and platform workers in Hyderabad on November 14. During the programme, he will interact with delivery executives, cab drivers and other workers associated with app-based services. Workers will also get an opportunity to raise their concerns and demands directly before him.
The event will be organised near the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC). A rally involving gig workers will also be held alongside the programme. The Telangana government is making arrangements for the event, which is expected to attract workers from across the state.
Issues such as social security, accident insurance, healthcare facilities, job security, worker registration and grievance redressal will be discussed. Rahul Gandhi is also expected to launch initiatives related to workers’ welfare.
Gig workers’ law came into force on June 2
The Telangana government has introduced the Telangana Platform-Based Gig Workers (Registration, Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2026. The law came into effect on June 2, while the rules under the Act are expected to be notified on November 14.
The state government is also preparing to formally launch a Welfare Board to oversee the implementation of the law and related welfare schemes.
Telangana ministers Ponnam Prabhakar and Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy visited the proposed venue near Jayabheri and Meenakshi Towers, close to HICC, to review the preparations.
Promise made during Bharat Jodo Yatra
Shaik Salauddin, founder and state president of the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU), said the event was significant for workers. He said welfare measures had been promised during the Bharat Jodo Yatra and subsequent election campaigns.
He added that gig workers would organise their own rally to express their support for the welfare initiatives. No political organisation would participate in the rally.
