'Scrap the deal': Rahul Gandhi dares PM Modi to abandon trade pact

The Congress leader challenged the Prime Minister to cancel the agreement "if he has the courage."

• Rahul Gandhi calls Indo-US trade deal anti-farmer
• He dares PM Modi to annul the deal after US court decision
• Gandhi: Modi signed deal under pressure, no consultation

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Continuing his attack on the government and more specifically the Prime Minister, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the Indo-US interim trade deal was sealed under pressure and dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to scrap the "anti-farmer" agreement, following the US Supreme Court ruling.

Addressing the 'Kisan Mahachaupal' rally in Bhopal, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha described the agreement as "an arrow in the heart of farmers". "After the US Supreme Court ruling on the trade deal (global tariffs), I challenge PM Modi to scrap it if he has courage...but he won't be able to do so," said the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.

In a major setback to Trump's pivotal economic agenda for his second term, the US Supreme Court, in a 6-3 verdict, ruled that the tariffs imposed by the president on nations around the world were illegal and that he had exceeded his authority when he imposed the sweeping levies.

"Narendra Modi is compromised. He has been trapped. He has signed this agreement under pressure. This is not a deal, it is an arrow in the heart of the farmer," Gandhi said, claiming that the pact had been stalled for months before being cleared suddenly.

The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha questioned that the India-US trade agreement had been stalled for four months, but what happened that made Prime Minister Modi suddenly agree to it?

He claimed that the Prime Minister approved the deal with the US without consulting the Union Cabinet and without taking into confidence senior ministers, including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Agriculture) and Nitin Gadkari (Road Transport and Highways).