Interim trade agreement with U.S. one-sided; government sold ‘Bharat Mata’: Rahul in Lok Sabha

Rahul Gandhi criticizes the U.S. trade deal, claiming it compromises India's sovereignty and endangers farmers and energy security.

Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (February 11, 2026) alleged that the government has “sold Bharat Mata” through the India-U.S. interim trade deal and that it was a “wholesale surrender” with India’s energy security handed over to America and farmers’ interests compromised.

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Participating in the debate on the Union Budget, he said that had an INDIA Bloc government negotiated the trade agreement with the U.S., it would have told U.S. President Donald Trump that he should treat India as an equal.

“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.

The LoP said energy security has gone under the India-U.S. trade deal, and the U.S. will decide “whom we buy oil from”.

Mr. Gandhi said the interests of the farmers have been compromised, and the farmers are facing a “storm” as agricultural products from the U.S. will flood Indian markets.