EY employee death: Rahul Gandhi offers condolences to family, vows to advocate for better working conditions

EY employee death: Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition and Congress leader, expressed his condolences to the family members of a 26-year-old EY employee who reportedly died of "work-related stress" and promised to fight for the cause of improving working conditions for India's millions of professionals.

The Congress leader also directed the setting up of an awareness campaign in Anna's memory for all working professionals in India.

Following Gandhi's instructions, the All India Professionals Congress (AIPC) will announce a helpline to gather information from corporate professionals regarding concerns such as work stress and toxic work culture.

"Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi spoke to the parents of Anna Sebastian today via a video call arranged by the Chairman of All India Professionals' Congress Praveen Chakravarty during his visit to their home in Kochi," the official statement.

"Rahul Gandhi offered his sympathies at Anna's sudden and tragic demise. Further, he lauded the family's courage and selflessness to speak up at this extremely difficult moment about this issue in the larger interest of improving working conditions for the millions of professionals in India," it added.

"Rahul Gandhi assured them that he would personally fight for this cause in his capacity as the Leader of the Opposition. He instructed the AIPC Chairman to create an awareness movement in Anna's memory for all working professionals in India."

"Following Gandhi's instructions, AIPC will announce a helpline soon to collect information from corporate professionals about issues related to work stress and toxic work culture. Post this, AIPC will seek to come up with draft guidelines for better working conditions for professionals in the corporate sector."