Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday questioned whether the acquittal of the accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case was timed to divert attention from US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods. He also warned of serious economic threats from China and criticised the government’s silence
Akhilesh Yadav speaks to reporters outside the Parliament on Thursday. Pic/PTI
The Opposition is not leaving any stone unturned in its attack on the government during the Monsoon Session of the Parliament. Soon after the verdict on the 2008 Malegaon blast case was out, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday asked if the news of the acquittal of the accused was intended to suppress the big news of the US announcing imposition of 25 per cent tariffs on India.
Earlier on Thursday, Mumbai's NIA special court acquitted all the seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. While giving out the verdict on the bomb blast case, it stated that the prosecution failed to establish the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
While speaking to reporters in the national capital, Yadav asserted, "I did not read the report, but the accused who were involved in such a huge incident should be punished. Such a big thing happened in America; is this news to suppress that? Tariffs are indeed a big question."
While addressing the media outside the Parliament, Yadav said India is facing a threat from China as well. With not much expectation from the US and China, the situation does seem tricky, he remarked.
The Lok Sabha MP also asserted, "Our neighbouring country will destroy our economy. India is facing a big threat from China as well. China is taking away our land and our business as well. The government needs to be careful of China."
Yadav was referring to US President Donald Trump's announcement on a social media post on his Truth Social account, in which he imposed 25 percent tariffs on India starting August 1. Trump also said India will face additional penalties for purchasing oil from Russia.
Trump, on the social media platform Truth Social, asserted, "Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because their tariffs are far too high, among the highest in the world, and they have the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary trade barriers of any country. Also, they have always bought a vast majority of their military equipment from Russia and are Russia's largest buyer of ENERGY, along with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to STOP THE KILLING IN UKRAINE—ALL THINGS NOT GOOD! INDIA WILL THEREFORE BE PAYING A TARIFF OF 25%, PLUS A PENALTY FOR THE ABOVE, STARTING ON AUGUST 1st. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. MAGA!"
(With inputs from ANI)
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