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India-US trade deal will destroy Indian farmers: Rahul Gandhi

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the India-US interim trade deal in Barnala, claiming that it will destroy Indian farmers. Addressing the Kisan Mahachaupal rally here, Gandhi alleged that the deal was stalled for four months due to differences over opening up the agriculture sector.

"The question arises, what the Prime Minister did not do for four months, why did he do it in 15 minutes?" he said and asked why the trade deal was done suddenly. Gandhi said that Modi had guaranteed US President Donald Trump that India would buy US products worth Rs 9 lakh crore every year.

He said that the deal "will destroy Indian farmers." During his address, Gandhi claimed that he was not allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha recently after the President's address because he wanted to comment on the memoirs of former Army Chief Manoj Naravane. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said he wanted to refer to an unpublished book by General Naravane (retd), which he claimed described the lack of response from the political leadership during the movement of Chinese troops near the border.
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