Rahul Gandhi rides in BMTC bus, interacts with passengers

BENGALURU: On the last day of public campaiging for the May 10 Assembly polls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi rode on a BMTC bus and interacted with passengers.

Rahul Gandhi, who is on a visit to the state, to campaign for his party, also interacted with some young girls at a bus stop and then boarded a bus on Cunningham Road towards Ramamurthy Nagar for a distance of about 6 km.

Along with party workers, he also held a placard on the Congress party’s guarantees for voters at Shangri La hotel junction.

On Sunday, he held a candid interaction with gig workers and delivery partners of app-based delivery services at a popular hotel in the city. Over a cup of coffee and masala dosa, they discussed the lives of delivery workers, the lack of stable employment and the rising prices of basic commodities.

According to the Congress, Rahul keenly listened to why these youngsters had taken up gig jobs and what their working conditions were like. Rahul Gandhi later hopped on to the pillion seat on a scooter, chatting with a delivery partner.

The Congress said Bengaluru alone has over 2,00,000 people doing gig jobs. In its manifesto, the party has made specific promises including setting up a Gig Workers’ Welfare Board with a corpus of Rs 3,000 crore and ensuring minimum hourly wages for gig workers and other workers in the unorganised sector.

Rahul Gandhi has so far held 17 rallies and roadshows in Karnataka, while his sister Priyanka Gandhi has done 19 rallies. Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who has not campaigned in any state election in the recent past, on Sunday began campaigning for the party ahead of the Karnataka assembly elections. (With Agency inputs)