Telangana union chief questions Zomato's new 'Pure Veg Mode' move, asks 'will company now...?'

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Zomato announced the launch of a 'Pure Veg Mode' along with a 'Pure Veg Fleet' for pure vegetarian customers, the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU) asked Zomato's co-founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal if the firm 'will now also filter out delivery workers who are vegetarian only to service this fleet'. TGPWU's founder-president Shaik Salauddin asked Deepinder Goyal if Zomato in the future also take customer feedback about who can deliver their food and who cannot.

Salauddin released an official statement after Zomato's new move, assuring that it will enable deliveries from pure veg restaurants only, and exclude those restaurants that serve both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food. "Our question to Deepinder ji: will Zomato now also filter out delivery workers who are vegetarian only to service this 'Pure Veg Fleet', identifiable by green delivery bags?" Salauddin asked in the official statement.

ALSO READ: Zomato launches 'pure veg mode' in sharp deviation from earlier stance, Deepinder Goyal delivers orders "If Zomato has today launched a 'Pure Veg Fleet' in response to customer feedback and requirements, then it will in the future also take customer feedback about who can deliver their food and who cannot? Will it filter our delivery brothers and sisters by caste, community and religion?" he asked. He recalled a 2019 incident when Zomato found itself in a tight spot when a customer declined to accept food from a Muslim delivery person.

The incident had blown up on social media, as Zomato stood by its delivery boy even as the angry customer tweeted about not accepting the meal from a non-Hindu and cancelled the order. Salauddin further asked, "Will Zomato assure its delivery workers that it will also address