Rahul Gandhi to Meet Gig Workers in Hyderabad on November 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.

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

Gandhi, who will be in the city to attend the Bharat Summit hosted by the Congress here on November 13 and 14, would 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," 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.