Overview
- Releasing a full YouTube video on January 19, the AAP MP worked alongside a Blinkit rider in Delhi, using the rider’s app ID to experience late-night runs, target pressure and minimal rest.
- Riders described 15–16 hour days and even 18-hour stints, citing earnings such as ₹51 in one hour and ₹1,136 over 14 hours, with take-home pay dropping below ₹10,000 after expenses like ₹9,000 vehicle rent.
- The 10-minute delivery push was blamed for overspeeding, signal jumping and wrong-side riding, with workers recounting accidents and injuries suffered to avoid penalties.
- Couriers reported automated helplines instead of human managers, deductions for bags and gear, and insurance cuts with little evidence of payouts after crashes.
- The video arrives after the Centre’s draft social security rules for gig workers and the Labour Minister’s call to drop rigid 10-minute promises, with reports of company agreement yet workers questioning real-world safeguards.