New Delhi, May 29 -- Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that the Karnataka government's enactment of an ordinance to ensure the protection of the rights of platform-based gig workers was a "historic step" since it provides social security and ends arbitrary blocking.

He said that Congress' vision was to take such initiatives for gig workers to every state, as technology was meant to serve people, drive innovation, and ensure justice.

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"Karnataka's new ordinance ensures: Social security, fair contracts, transparency in algorithmic pay, an end to arbitrary blocking. This is how technology should serve people -- driving innovation and j...