New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi On Thursday, he stepped up his attack on the central government over the India-US trade deal, saying the deal with the United States “betrays our food security and our farmers” and Prime Minister Modi As US president opened up Indian agricultural markets Donald Trump “Caught him by the throat.”reaction to ruling bjpReacting to the privilege motion against him in the Lok Sabha, Ray Bareilly MP said he was telling the truth in Parliament and he would not be affected by the motion and reiterated his statement that “PM Modi has betrayed the country”.“Narendra Modi has betrayed the country, betrayed the farmers. File cases against me, abuse, do whatever you want, if you want to file a privilege motion, file it, it doesn’t matter, I told the truth in Parliament, if you don’t like the truth, that’s another thing, the country knows the truth, do whatever you want, I stand with the farmers; Congress president Harg ji and all the people Congress Partyall us workers stand with the farmers and we will not let this injustice happen,” Rahul Gandhi said in a video he posted on X.Earlier in the day, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey said he has moved a substantive motion in the Lok Sabha against Rahul Gandhi, Accusing him of helping mislead the country “Anti-India forces”.The Congressman said the Modi government’s decision to import “corn, soybeans and fruits” from the United States was just the beginning and that the Center would “open the door to the entire agricultural market for his friends, for people like Adani and Ambani and for foreign powers.”“For years, foreigners have been trying to capture Hindustan’s agricultural market. Narendra Modi opened the door for them; that’s a fact. He knows it and I know why he opened it… because Donald Trump has him by the throat. Corn, soybeans and fruits – that’s the beginning… Narendra Modi will open the door to the entire agricultural market for his friends, for people like Adani and Ambani, for foreign powers,” the former Congress chief claimed.Rahul Gandhi labeled Prime Minister Modi “anti-farmer” and mentioned the three repealed farm laws, comparing the status of Indian farmers with that of American farmers to highlight the dire contrast between the two.“Earlier he also brought black laws and now he has opened the door for foreign powers. American farmers have big farms, thousands of acres of farms, fully mechanized and the government gives them subsidies. You know our farmers have small farms and are not getting proper MSP and mechanization is only in name,” he said.His statement came a day after he addressed the Lok Sabha and accused the Center of “harming the national interest”.In his speech, the Congress leader said the government recognized that the world was undergoing a transformation marked by the end of the era of single superpowers, increasing geopolitical conflicts and the weaponization of energy and finance. He claimed that the government had nonetheless allowed the United States to weaponize energy and financial systems in ways that affected India.He further claimed that the agreement compromised the security of all three key elements required for a modern state to function – data, food supplies and energy.
