Hyderabad: Rahul Gandhi to attend gig workers’ meeting on Nov 14

Hyderabad: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi would attend a meeting of gig workers here on November 14, where he will announce welfare measures for them, Telangana Labour Minister G Vivek Venkataswamy said on Wednesday, November 11.

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

Gandhi will be in the city to attend the Bharat Summit hosted by the Congress here on November 13 and 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 at the meeting,” he told reporters here.

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

Vivek said the government would 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.