‘The Indian government ignored the voices and concerns of the workers and farmers while making decisions concerning their future,’ said Leader of the Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, while further putting a question to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking if he will listen to the peasants now or if there is a "grip" on him too strong. With this, he added that Congress stands firm with the workers and farmers.
Gandhi's verbal attack on the government came a day after he alleged that the India-US interim trade deal was a "wholesale surrender", with India's energy security handed over to America and farmers' interests compromised.
In ‘X’ post, Gandhi read, "Today, lakhs of workers and farmers across the country are on the streets to raise their voices for their rights.”
“Farmers fear that the trade agreement (with the US) will harm their livelihoods. And weakening or eliminating MNREGA could take away the last source of support for villages," the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha said.
"Will Modiji listen now? Or is there a 'grip' on him that is too strong? I stand firmly with the issues and struggles of workers and farmers," Gandhi said.
In a no-holds-barred attack on the Modi government, Gandhi, while participating in the debate on the Union Budget in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, claimed that Indian interests had been "surrendered" under the trade deal to protect the BJP's financial architecture.
Slamming the Indo-US deal, Gandhi drew an analogy of how, in martial arts, after securing a grip, the next step is a chokehold, and then the opponent taps to give up.
He said that if an INDIA bloc government negotiated the trade agreement with the US, it would have told President Donald Trump that he must treat India equally.
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