Rahul Gandhi to meet Hyderabad gig workers

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will meet gig workers in Hyderabad on November 14 and announce welfare measures, Telangana Labour Minister G. Vivek Venkataswamy said. A rally from Silpakala Vedika to HICC is planned.

Hyderabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will attend a meeting of gig workers here on November 14 and announce welfare measures for them, Telangana Labour Minister G. Vivek Venkataswamy said on Wednesday.

There are about six lakh gig workers in the State, he said.

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Gandhi, who will be in the city to attend the Bharat Summit hosted by the Congress on November 13 and 14, will attend the gig workers' meeting on November 14.

"We requested him to announce welfare measures for gig workers. He agreed to attend on the 14th. There will be a rally. It will be a non-political gig workers rally. Gandhi said only gig workers should be present in the meeting," Vivek Venkataswamy told reporters.

The rally will take place from Silpakala Vedika auditorium to the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC).

Vivek Venkataswamy said the government will introduce an app, and registered gig workers can attend the rally after scanning it.

The State government enacted the Telangana Platform Based Gig Workers (Registration, Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2026, in March this year after Gandhi highlighted the cause of gig workers during his Bharat Jodo Yatra, he said.