Zomato and Blinkit delivered at a record pace yesterday, unaffected by calls for strikes that many of us heard over the past few days.
Support from local law enforcement helped keep the small number of miscreants in check, enabling 4.5 lakh+ delivery partners across both platforms to deliver more than 75 lakh orders (all-time high) to over 63 lakh customers during the day. This happened without any additional incentives for delivery partners - NYE does see higher incentives than usual days and yesterday was no different than the past NYE days.
I am grateful to local authorities across the country and to our teams on the ground for clear enforcement and swift coordination.
Most importantly, thank you to our delivery partners who showed up despite intimidation, stood their ground, and chose honest work and progress.
One thought for everyone: if a system were fundamentally unfair, it would not consistently attract and retain so many people who choose to work within it. Please don’t get swept up by narratives pushed by vested interests.
The gig economy is one of India’s largest organised job creation engines, and its real impact will compound over time, when delivery partners’ children, supported by stable incomes and education, enter the workforce and help transform our country at scale.
Lord Arnab Goswami had to get this creative made to uphold his supremacy because my opening arguments in the debate day before caught him off guard & he had no answer to questions I asked 🤣
OUTRAGEOUS & RIDICULOUS events in Karnataka:
- Illegal encroachers squat on 15 acres of precious GOVERNMENT land for waste management.
- Bulldozers justly demolish 160+ unauthorized sheds after notices are ignored.
Then the Major U-turn 😭
Siddaramaiah govt REWARDS them with luxury flats worth ₹11.2 lakh each + ₹5 lakh cash aid per family – ALL FROM OUR TAX MONEY!
With 150-180 eligible families, that's a whopping ₹15-20 CRORE+ taxpayer bailout for law-breakers!
Why to fund encroachers while honest citizens struggle? Isn't this Pure vote-bank politics?
While Lakhs of Tax Payers spend 15 to 20 years of their life paying a Loan honestly, flats are being distributed to encroachers. Not at all ok.
Requesting my audience to share widely until CM @siddaramaiah ji & DCM @DKShivakumar ji answer this.
We are not against humanity. But never at the cost of tax payers.
On behalf of Tax Payers & Honest EMI Citizens,
#FI
Every single person, EVERYONE in Uttarakhand and across India reacted with sorrow and revulsion to the murder of Anjel and demanded harshest punishment .
And yet, you will find such vultures circling. Trying to drum up hate on outright fake claims.
They don’t care for Anjel.
Sick.