‘Let’s work together’: Rahul Gandhi interjects as minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks – Watch | India News

New Delhi: Minutes after the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha accused the Center of “selling out Bharat Mata” in the House, Rahul Gandhi“, continuing to interrupt the ministers outside. Disruption occurs as ministers Ashwini Vashno Prahlad Joshi addressed reporters while standing outside the House of Representatives. Vishno spoke about the security of Indians’ data and how Rahul Gandhi should verify the claims before raising serious allegations against the Center in the House.

When the Information Technology Minister was speaking, Rahul Gandhi came up to him from behind and started speaking.“Come on, let us stand together. Let us do this together,” the Congress leader said as the ministers walked away.Earlier in the day, Rahul claimed that the India-US interim trade deal amounted to “wholesale capitulation” and accused the Center of “selling out Bharat Mata” to the detriment of the country’s energy security and farmers’ interests.Rahul said during the debate on the Union Budget that he did not believe any Indian prime minister, including Narendra Modi, would agree to such a deal unless he was “stifled”.“Why he (Modi) sold India – because they (the United States) had him by the neck. They had him by the neck,” Gandhi said. He began his speech with a martial arts metaphor of first choking, then choking his opponent until he withdraws.He referred to earlier remarks by Prime Minister Modi and NSA Ajit Doval that the era of war is over. “The fact is, we are entering an era of war. There is war in Ukraine, there is war in Gaza, there is war in the Middle East, there is the threat of war in Iran, and we have Operation Sindor.”“We are entering a dangerous world. We must understand our strengths, and the core strength of our country is our people,” he said, stressing the need to protect the country’s people, data, food supplies and energy systems.Rahul said if the Indian bloc government negotiates the deal, it will insist on equality with the United States.“The first thing we say (to Trump) is that the most important asset in this equation is India data. If the United States wants to protect the dollar, it must recognize that India’s data is its greatest asset. The second thing we’re saying to President Trump is, ‘If you want it, then you’re going to talk to us as equals, not as if we’re your servants,'” he said.He added that the Indian bloc government would declare energy security non-negotiable. “The third thing we’re telling President Trump is, ‘We understand you have a farm voter base and you need to protect farmers, but we’re also going to protect our farmers,'” he said.“The Indian bloc government will say data is our greatest strength, now let’s talk. We will go there (for talks) as equals. We will not be equals to Pakistan. If President Trump decides that Pakistan’s Army Chief will have breakfast with him, we will have something to say,” he added.The Indian Congress claimed that under the interim agreement, India’s energy security has effectively been ceded to the United States.“They will decide who we buy oil from, our prime minister will not decide. They will monitor and if India buys oil (from places they don’t want us to buy), they will punish us and increase the tariff to 50 per cent,” he said.Gandhi accused the government of enabling “the weaponization of energy and finance” and said it allowed Americans to “weaponize our finance and energy against us.”“How can you come to this house and defend it? Are you not ashamed of what you have given?” he asked.“I am saying you betrayed India. Aren’t you ashamed of betraying India? You betrayed our mother – Bharat Mata. Aren’t you ashamed?” he said.Finance bench members have repeatedly raised objections, calling the allegations “baseless” and asked Gandhi to corroborate his claims. Gandhi expressed his willingness to comply.