‘Death warrant for farmers’: Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi at Punjab rally; questions Indo-US trade deal | India News – The Times of India

Rahul Gandhi at the rally (ANI photograph)

NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the timing of the Indo-US interim trade deal.Addressing the Mazdoor Kissan Maha Rally in Barnala, Punjab, Rahul stated the deal had been stalled for 4 months on account of disagreements over opening the agriculture sector.

“So the query arises, the work which PM didn’t do for 4 months, why did he do it inside quarter-hour?” he requested. “What was the strain that the prime minister of India signed a demise warrant for our nation there. He signed a demise warrant for our farmers. He gave away our information. He signed a demise warrant for our small and medium industries,” he alleged.Rahul additional stated that the prime minister gave a assure to US president Donald Trump that India would purchase US merchandise price Rs 9 lakh crore yearly. He stated opening the agricultural sector would enable American items to enter the Indian market and hurt farmers in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.“Narendra Modi has opened the door of the agricultural sector. American items will circulation in, and our farmers shall be ruined,” he stated. “No prime minister of India, whether or not from the Congress Social gathering, the BJP, or every other occasion, can open the agricultural sector. No prime minister can.”Rahul additional claimed he was not allowed to talk within the Lok Sabha after the president’s handle as a result of he needed to discuss with an unpublished guide by former military chief normal Manoj Naravane (retd). He alleged that the memoir described an absence of response from the political management throughout Chinese language troop actions close to the border.“Solely the prime minister of the nation may give the order to fireside upon the Chinese language military. Neither the military chief nor the defence minister may give it. Naravane ji requested the prime minister whether or not we will hearth and cease them. There was no response for 2 hours. After that, Naravane ji will get the order to do no matter he deems acceptable,” he stated.