BJP might lose all 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh in 2024, says SP chief Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow (PTI): Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said the BJP might taste defeat in all 80 parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh in the 2024 General Elections.
"BJP is baar ho sakta hai saari 80 seats haar jaaye (BJP might taste defeat in all 80 seats)," Yadav said.
"The party that claimed to rule for decades -- its leader said that it will be there for (the next) 50 years -- is now counting its days. Its national president should visit two medical colleges in the state and he will understand how many seats they are going to win," the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said.
Yadav also asked the BJP, which is holding its state executive meet here, to pass a resolution to provide Rs 1 crore and a government job to families of custodial death victims.
"The BJP practises discrimination. Will it pass a resolution to provide Rs 1 crore financial help and a government job to the family of Balwant Singh? It should pass a resolution to provide Rs 1 crore financial assistance and a government job in custodial death cases to the families concerned," Yadav said.
Singh (27), a businessman, died in police custody in Kanpur on the intervening night of December 12 and 13. His post mortem report revealed that he had about 24 ante-mortem injuries, including on the chest, face, thighs, legs, hands and soles.
Yadav also hit out at the BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh government over investments in the state.
"They were claiming to bring in investments from London and New York. Now, they are bringing investment from the districts. Who are they fooling?
"They are visiting (other) states, which are already running their own (investment) programmes, for investments. They are just fooling people," Yadav added
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After Ola row, Kunal Kamra asks Blinkit CEO to reveal wages of delivery partners
Mumbai: After a verbal spat with Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal over customer complaints and faulty deliveries, comedian Kunal Kamra began 2025 by shedding light on the exploitation of gig workers in the quick commerce sector.
Blinkit CEO, Albinder Dhindsa, posted live updates on X about the most-ordered items on the platform. He wrote: “1,22,356 packs of condoms, 45,531 bottles of mineral water, 22,322 Partysmart, 2,434 Eno..are enroute right now! Prep for party?”
Kamra responded by questioning the wages of Blinkit’s delivery partners. “Can you also enlighten us with data on the average wages you paid your ‘Delivery Partners’ in 2024?” he asked Dhindsa, putting “delivery partners” in quotes, a reference to the fact that companies often avoid labeling delivery workers as employees, instead designating them as “partners.”
In a follow-up post, Kunal Kamra elaborated on the dark side of quick commerce, noting that platform owners exploit gig workers. “While we enjoy the convenience of quick commerce I’d like my first tweet of 2025 to be about the dark side,” he wrote.
“Platform owners exploit gig workers and they aren’t job creators. They are landlords without owning any land. They don’t have a bone of creativity or innovation all they do is exploit people by offering them freedom that they can’t afford while giving them wages that can’t meet their aspirations,” he added.
Kamra further criticised the business model, comparing platform owners to “thugs” who use "data as oil without paying for the oil fields." He added that someday there will be regulation that humbles them.
Other social media users echoed Kamra’s concerns, pointing out the lack of creativity and exploitation in the industry. One user commented, “Blinkit, Zepto, Zomato, Swiggy. All of them. Zero creativity- only exploitation. The delivery workers are stretched to a great extent for compensation that is not justified at all. 10 mins delivery isn’t a landmark thing tbh. It’s sheer exploitation of humanity to satisfy the ego & whims of the buyer.”
Can you also enlighten us with data on the average wages you paid your “Delivery Partners” in 2024… https://t.co/v0yBlvobCQ
— Kunal Kamra (@kunalkamra88) December 31, 2024
While we enjoy the convenience of quick commerce I’d like my first tweet of 2025 to be about the dark side.
— Kunal Kamra (@kunalkamra88) December 31, 2024
Platform owners exploit gig workers & they aren’t job creators.
They are landlords without owning any land.
They don’t have a bone of creativity or innovation all…
