The gig economy debate intensified after Info Edge co-founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani publicly supported Deepinder Goyal. The remarks came amid a nationwide gig workers’ strike on December 31, 2025, and growing political scrutiny of platform-based work models.

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• Sanjeev Bikhchandani endorses Deepinder Goyal’s views on gig economy
• Calls Goyal’s defence of gig work “entirely true” in social media post
• Support follows gig workers’ nationwide strike on December 31, 2025
• Strike demanded dignity, welfare, and rights for platform workers
• Deepinder Goyal defends 10-minute delivery model as location-specific
• Says fast delivery works only in high-density neighbourhoods
• Goyal argues gig economy makes poverty visible at household level
• Highlights long working hours and difficult conditions of delivery partners
• MP Raghav Chadha offers to mediate between firms and workers
• Debate exposes tension between platform efficiency and worker welfare