Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy rode pillion on two-wheelers driven by gig workers in Hyderabad on Saturday, November 14, and launched the Telangana Gig Workers' Social Security and Welfare Scheme, news agency PTI's video report and ANI reported.

Source: PTI via The Daily Jagran

The bike rally began at Shilparamam in the city's IT corridor and concluded at Jayabheri Ground in Madhapur, where Gandhi formally launched the scheme for platform-based workers, including delivery executives and cab drivers.

Addressing the gathering, Gandhi announced accident insurance of Rs 5 lakh and health insurance of Rs 10 lakh for eligible gig workers. He said one per cent of every transaction would be contributed towards workers' welfare and pension, routed through the Gig Workers' Board directly to workers' bank accounts, ANI quoted him as saying.

Source: ANI via The Daily Jagran

Rs 5 lakhAccident insurance
Rs 10 lakhHealth insurance
1%Of each transaction for welfare/pension
~4 lakhGig workers in Hyderabad (Labour Minister)

The scheme works under the Telangana Platform-Based Gig Workers (Registration, Social Security and Welfare) Act, 2026, which was enacted in March and came into force on June 2. The Act provides for registration of workers, safeguards against arbitrary termination, and rights over workers' data and earnings, along with Wi-Fi-enabled rest centres.

Telangana Labour Minister G Vivek Venkataswamy said the event marked the fulfilment of a promise Gandhi made to gig workers during the Bharat Jodo Yatra and the 2023 Assembly elections, and that a welfare board, a registration portal and a grievance redressal portal are being put in place. Gig and Platform Workers' Union leader Shaik Salahuddin was also cited in reports from the event.

Source: Indian White Paper

In a post on X after the launch, Gandhi said he had met Telangana's gig workers in detail in 2023, when they shared their hardships and demands, and that the promise of protection made then had now been fulfilled, ANI reported. He said the Congress believes in making workers partners in the economy and would stand by gig workers.

Source: ANI via Indian Economic Observer

Gandhi arrived in Hyderabad on Friday night to attend the Bharat Summit 2026. Separately, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) workers staged a protest against him at the summit venue at HICC Novotel on Saturday and were detained, ANI reported.