New Delhi, Dec 5, 2025

Raising a hard-hitting issue during Zero Hour in Rajya Sabha on Friday, Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha from Punjab demanded immediate government intervention to protect millions of delivery boys who he said are “gig workers”.

He also demanded the abolition of the “dangerous” 10-minute delivery model pushed by “quick-commerce platforms.”

Describing delivery executives of Zomato, Swiggy, etc and service partners of Urban Company as the “invisible wheels of the Indian economy”, Chadha said unicorn companies have achieved billion-dollar valuations on the “broken backs and risked lives” of these workers.

“Every time we press a button on our phone — ‘Your order is on its way’, ‘Your ride has arrived’ — there is a human being racing against time, jumping red lights, o

See Full Page