'Farmers backstabbed, Gau-Mata betrayed': Congress president Kharge tears into India-US trade deal
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Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge said that for the first time in Indias history, a government has completely opened agriculture to foreign goods.
The Opposition has continued its fierce attack against the Narendra Modi government over the India-US trade deal. Taking to X, Congress president Mallkarjun Kharge said that the truth of the ‘trap deal’ is now coming out. Kharge alleged that the Modi government has compromised India’s strategic autonomy while backstabbing the farmers and dairy owners.
“We were told that the Indo-US Joint Statement said nothing on Russian oil, even though Mr. Trump publicly tweeted otherwise. Now the White House fact sheet clearly lists ‘India’s commitment to stop purchasing Russian Federation oil’ as a condition for removal of an additional 25% tariff. The Modi Govt agreed to this erosion of India's sovereignty. Why? The Congress party had already exposed the Executive Order placing India under US monitoring for direct or indirect oil imports,” said Kharge.
The Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, said that for the first time in India's history, a government has completely opened agriculture to foreign goods.
“Now, we know what "Additional Products" actually meant in the Indo-US joint statement agreed by the Modi Govt! 'Pulses' have been silently added in the newly released White House fact sheet on Feb 9, which was not part of the Indo-US Joint Statement issued on Feb 6, 2026. The utility of red sorghum imports to India was mentioned in the Joint Statement, but that utility pertaining to "animal feed" has now mysteriously vanished in the White House fact sheet of Feb 9, 2026,” said Kharge.
The Congress leader also accused the Modi government of betraying Gau-Mata & Dairy Farmers. He claimed that the trade deal calls for importing food and agricultural products, including dried distillers' grains (DDGs) and red sorghum for animal feed, from the United States.
