From boardrooms to grassroots: Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha turns Blinkit agent for a day | Watch
Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha accompanied a Blinkit delivery agent to a customer's location as part of a day-long on-ground exercise to understand the challenges faced by gig workers. The video, shared on social media, ends on a cliffhanger, signalling further revelations on issues affecting delivery personnel.
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Monday shared an intriguing and heartfelt video on social media, in which he accompanied a Blinkit delivery executive for an entire day. The post surfaced days after the Upper House MP raised issues faced by gig workers on a daily basis.
Sharing the video on X, Chadha wrote, "Away from boardrooms, at the grassroots. I lived their day. Stay tuned.”
Chadha accompanies delivery agent to customer’s location
In the video clip, Chadha is seen dressing up in a Blinkit T-shirt and jacket. He is later seen taking a delivery bag from a rider. Chadha then sits on the scooter behind the delivery agent. The MP accompanies the worker to a store and collects items along with him.
The two then head to the delivery location. At the customer’s residence, the rider exits the lift and rings the doorbell, with Chadha following him to the house. As the video builds intrigue, it ends with the words "Stay tuned” flashing on the screen.
Netizens react
The video received mixed reactions on social media platform 'X'. Some praised his marketing skills while others mocked for the sudden plan, A user commented, "this man has cracked marketing". Another said, "Did he take Blinkit's permission. "Wow! A politician who really looks at the issues on the ground up close and personal and speaks up for it, raises at the right platforms. Commendable," a third added.
The Parliament debate
Last month, Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha criticised the business models of quick-commerce and food delivery platforms, arguing in Parliament that the need for police intervention to run such platforms reflects systemic inefficiencies.
The Rajya Sabha member’s remarks came a day after Zomato and Blinkit founder Deepinder Goyal described protesting gig workers as "miscreants” in a post on X. Responding without naming Goyal directly, Chadha wrote that delivery partners across India were fighting for "basic dignity, fair pay, safety, predictable rules, and social security.”
He said the platforms’ response was not only "insulting” but also "dangerous.” "Workers asking for fair pay are not criminals. If you need police to keep your workers on the road, they are not employees. They are hostages with helmets,” Chadha wrote.