Hyderabad, Jan. 2 -- Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal, on Thursday, January 1, called delivery staff who went on strike on New Year's Eve to demand workers' rights as "miscreants," facing flak from gig worker unions.

In a post on X, Goyal said Zomato and Blinkit were "unaffected by calls for strikes that many of us heard over the past few days." He said local law enforcement helped keep the "small number of miscreants in check," and over 4.5 lakh gig workers were able to deliver more than 75 lakh orders to over 63 lakh customers.

The Telangana Gig and Platform Workers' Union (TGPWU), which was part of the organised nationwide protests, called Goyal's tweet "an old tactic used when uncomfortable truths are raised," dismissing his claims of...