Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for compromising India’s interests in a newly announced trade deal with the United States. He accused the Prime Minister of yielding to pressure and undermining Indian farmers, claiming their hard work has been sold off through this agreement.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday launched an all-stock lock-barrel attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the India-United States trade deal, saying he compromised and sold our nation. The Congress leader said that the Prime Minister buckled under the pressure to agree on a trade deal, selling off the hard work of our farmers through the agreement with the United States.
Rahul Gandhi targeted the Centre after India-US agreed on a trade deal on late Monday night, negotiations for which have been going on for months, ever since Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on almost every nation with whom America was trading.
The announcement on the India-US trade deal was first made by US President Donald Trump, who took to his Truth Social platform and informed about the breakthrough, while praising his friend PM Modi.
How Rahul Gandhi Targeted PM Modi on India-US Trade Deal
A day after the trade deal, Rahul Gandhi, while speaking to reporters in the Parliament complex after he was not allowed to speak in Lok Sabha over former Army Chief MM Naravane’s memoir on Galwan, launched a scathing attack at the Prime Minister, saying, “PM Modi is compromised. PM is too afraid to let me speak in Parliament about Naravane, Epstein Files, and how he has surrendered on Tariffs.”
Gandhi said the issue is not Naravane’s statement, “that is a side show”, but the main thing is that “our prime minister has been compromised”.
“I want to say three things. They are not allowing me to speak. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is rattled. And the trade deal that had been stuck for the last four months, for some reason which Prime Minister Modi and I know, was sealed last evening,” he said.
Gandhi also claimed that Modi is under “enormous pressure”, and his “image balloon” that had been inflated with thousands of crores could burst.
“The issue is not Naravane’s statement, that is a side show, he (Modi) and I both know it. The main thing is that our prime minister has been compromised. Who has done it and how it has been done, the people of India have to think about it,” Gandhi said.
Rahul Gandhi Alleges Centre Sold Farmers Hard Work
The Leader of Opposition also said the farmers of India must understand that their hard work, as well as their blood and sweat, has been “sold off” by Prime Minister Modi through this deal.
“He has sold it because he is compromised. He has not just sold you off, but the whole country. That is why they are not allowing me to speak,” Gandhi said, claiming that the prime minister is “scared”.
Rahul Gandhi Brings Up PM’s Name Mention in Epstein Files
Asked what kind of pressure he was referring to, Gandhi said there is a case against industrialist Gautam Adani in the US and a lot more is to come in the Epstein files matter.
“There is a case on Adani in the US… That is not targeting Adani but Modi’s financial structure. The Epstein files have more matter,” Gandhi said.
The Epstein files refer to thousands of pages of documents related to two criminal investigations into sex trafficking by financier Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, including travel logs, recordings, and emails, which have been a topic of conversation since Epstein died in custody in 2019.
Gandhi also called the pressure of the Epstein files and the case against Adani the two “pressure points” for the government.
What is India-US Trade Deal?
India and the US agreed to a trade deal under which Washington will bring down reciprocal tariff on Indian goods to 18 per cent from current 25 per cent, US President Donald Trump said on Monday after a phone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
