‘Dying warrant for farmers’: Rahul Gandhi assaults PM Modi at Punjab rally; questions Indo-US commerce deal | India Information
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the timing of the Indo-US interim commerce deal.Addressing the Mazdoor Kissan Maha Rally in Barnala, Punjab, Rahul mentioned the deal had been stalled for 4 months as a consequence 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 knowledge. He signed a demise warrant for our small and medium industries,” he alleged.Rahul additional mentioned that the prime minister gave a assure to US president Donald Trump that India would purchase US merchandise value Rs 9 lakh crore yearly. He mentioned opening the agricultural sector would permit 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 movement in, and our farmers will likely be ruined,” he mentioned. “No prime minister of India, whether or not from the Congress Celebration, 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he was not allowed to talk within the Lok Sabha after the president’s handle as a result of he needed to confer with an unpublished guide by former military chief common Manoj Naravane (retd).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 can provide the order to fireside upon the Chinese language military. Neither the military chief nor the defence minister can provide it. Naravane ji requested the prime minister whether or not we are able to hearth and cease them. There was no response for two hours. After that, Naravane ji will get the order to do no matter he deems applicable,” he mentioned.