New Delhi [India], November 14 (ANI): Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Telangana government had fulfilled its promise to gig workers by providing them social security benefits, including accident and health insurance, pension and access to their work-related data.

Rahul Gandhi launched the Telangana Gig Workers' Social Security and Welfare Scheme.

In a post on X, he said he had held a detailed meeting with Telangana's gig workers in 2023, during which they shared their hardships, needs and demands. He said the assurance given to them at the time was that their demands would be addressed and they would receive protection.

'I had a long meeting with Telangana's gig workers in 2023. We talked in detail. They shared their hardships, needs and demands. The promise was: your demands will be met, and you will definitely have protection,' he said.

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Listing the benefits under the Telangana Gig Workers' Social Security and Welfare Scheme, he said workers would receive Rs 5 lakh accident insurance and Rs 10 lakh health insurance, while one per cent of their earnings would be contributed towards pension.

He added that the scheme also provided workers' rights over their data and earnings, along with Wi-Fi-enabled rest centres at various locations.

'Today, we fulfilled that promise: Rs 5 lakh accident insurance, Rs 10 lakh health insurance,1% of earnings for pension, rights over their data and earnings, Rest centres with WiFi at various locations,' he wrote.

Rahul Gandhi said these provisions had now become legal rights for gig workers in Telangana.

Describing the initiative as more than a welfare scheme, he said it represented a philosophy under which every hardworking person should receive their rights, dignity and security for the future.

'All of these are now legal rights for Telangana's gig workers. This is not just a scheme, but a philosophy-every hardworking person must receive their rights, dignity and security for the future,' he added.

He also criticised the BJP-RSS ideology, alleging that it sought to enslave workers, while the Congress's approach was aimed at securing their rights, dignity and future.

'And that is the difference-between the Congress's people-friendly government and the BJP-RSS's exploitative ideology. Their ideology seeks to enslave workers. The Congress's philosophy gives those who work their rights, dignity and a secure future,' he said. (ANI)