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'Hostages with Helmets': Raghav Chadha Defends Support for Gig Workers’ Strike Amid Criticism

Aam Admi Party MP Raghav Chadha has defended his support of gig workers who had called for a strike earlier this week. Chadha called the delivery agents, "hostages with helmets". The gig workers' strike on December 31, 2025, saw over 200,000 delivery workers across different platforms unitedly demanding better payments and social security benefits.

'Hostages with Helmets': Raghav Chadha Defends Support for Gig Workers’ Strike Amid Criticism

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Key Highlights

  • The unions of these delivery workers have called the whole system "exploitative".
  • The AAP MP criticised the platforms for labelling striking workers as miscreants, saying that he was happy his Parliamentary intervention had sparked a debate."Delivery partners across India went on strike demanding basic dignity, fair pay, safety, predictable rules and social security.
  • The response from the Platform was to call them "miscreants" and turn a labour demand into a law & order narrative.
  • That is not just insulting, it is dangerous.
  • Workers asking for fair pay are not criminals.
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  1. 'Hostages with Helmets': Raghav Chadha Defends Support for Gig Workers’ Strike Amid Criticism

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