Aren't you ashamed of selling Bharat Mata? Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre over US deal

Rahul Gandhi attacked the Central government over the recently signed trade deal with the US and alleged that the government "sold India" and should be ashamed of the same.

Rahul Gandhi, while speaking in the Lok Sabha after days of logjam, attacked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government over the recently finalised trade deal with the United States and said the government should be ashamed of the same. Launching a scathing attack, Gandhi said Centre "sold India", adding that by allowing US goods to enter, the government endangered the livelihoods of farmers.

"You have sold India. Are you not ashamed of selling India? You have sold our mother, Bharat Mata," he said while referring to the trade agreement.

He further said that it was "wholesale surrender" with India's energy security handed over to America and farmers' interests compromised. Gandhi added that had an INDIA Bloc government negotiated the trade agreement with the US, it would have told Donald Trump that he should treat India as an equal.

Gandhi said the interests of the farmers have been compromised, and the farmers are facing a "storm" as agricultural products from the US will flood Indian markets. He also alleged that the Indian textile industry is "finished".

"We are heading into turbulent times and the nation has been sold. The nation has been sold out. Its data has been sold and its farmers have been sold," Gandhi reiterated while concluding his speech.

After Rahul Gandhi’s speech ended, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said no one can sell India and accused the Congress party of weakening the country. He asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the strongest PM of India and said, “Congress is sad because India is progressing."