Hyderabad, Jan. 2 -- What started as a protest strike demanding equity in pay and more worker rights has turned into a blatant dismissal by delivery platforms. In fact Zomato claimed that the number of deliveries surpassed records on New Year's Eve, the day of the strike. The Telangana Gig and Platform Workers' Union (TGPWU), which organised nationwide protests on December 31, also hit back at the companies.

The TGPWU had called for basic rights that the workers were being denied. However, Zomato and BlinkIt founder Deepinder Goyal stated that both platforms recorded more than 75 lakh deliveries on the day of the protest.

He took to X, saying that deliveries took place at "a record pace unaffected by calls for strikes," dismissing the e...