Kolkata, Apr 15:
Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over India and the United States agreeing on a trade deal. In his third election rally in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, Gandhi said the deal will lead to the closure of small- and mid-sized industries and cause job losses in India.
He alleged that PM Modi’s control is in Donald Trump’s hands, claiming that the India-US trade deal would harm workers, farmers and small traders across the country, including Bengal. Rahul Gandhi further alleged that PM Modi has opened up the country’s agriculture sector to the United States, allowing it to sell its farm produce in India.
He said India’s agricultural sector would be devastated, adding that the Modi government has handed over India’s energy security to Washington and compromised national data security. Claiming that the Modi government has committed to buying goods worth Rs 9.5 lakh crore from the United States, Gandhi said, “If American goods enter India like a tsunami, then our country’s small and medium-scale factories will close down. This will cause double loss for Bengal since Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has already closed down industries in the state.”
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