India, Nov. 15 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched the Telangana Government's 'Gig Workers' Social Security and Welfare Scheme' and announced a series of social security measures for gig workers, including accident insurance of Rs five lakh, health insurance of Rs 10 lakh, dedicated WiFi-enabled rest zones and a mechanism to ensure that 1 per cent of every transaction is credited towards their social security.

Rahul Gandhi, who is also the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, launched the welfare scheme here in the presence of Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy after joining the bike rally by sitting pillion with them.

Later, addressing the gig workers, he launched a sharp attack on the BJP and the RSS and said,...