Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday offered his sympathies to the family members of a 26-year-old EY employee who reportedly died of "work-related stress" and assured them that he would fight for the cause of improving working conditions for the millions of professionals in India.

Rahul Gandhi spoke to the parents of Anna Sebastian Perayil, the EY employee who died due to alleged extreme work pressure, and vowed to fight for improved working conditions in India.

During his interaction, 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.

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday spoke to the parents of 26-year-old Anna Sebastian Perayil, a Chartered Accountant with Ernst and Young (EY) India, who allegedly died due to work-related stress,

In a heartbreaking letter to Ernst & Young India's chairman, the mother of a young lady claimed that her daughter had died from "overwork" four months after joining the company and that no one from the company had even attended her funeral.

Rahul Gandhi spoke with Anna Sebastian's parents via a video call arranged by the AIPC chairman Praveen Chakravarty who visited their home in Kochi.

Rahul Gandhi on Saturday spoke with the parents of Anna Sebastian Perayil, who died due to alleged extreme work pressure at Ernst & Young, and assured them that he will fight for the cause of improving working conditions for professionals in India.

In a statement released by the AIPC, LoP Rahul Gandhi assured the grieving family that he would fight for the cause of better workplace conditions for professionals across the country.

Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, has assured the parents of Anna Sebastian Perayil, who died due to alleged extreme work pressure at Ernst & Young, that he will fight for better working conditions for professionals in India.