Congress leader Rahul Gandhi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to scrap the Indo-US trade deal, calling it anti-farmer and done under pressure. Addressing a Kisan Mahachaupal in Bhopal, he also cited former Army chief MM Naravane’s memoir in Parliament and engaged in a verbal spat with Union Minister Ravneet Bittu
Rahul Gandhi while addressing the Kisan Mahachaupal farmers rally in Bhopal. (Pic/X@RahulGandhi)
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should scrap the Indo-US trade deal, which he described as being against the interests of Indian farmers.
Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, while addressing the Kisan Mahachaupal farmers rally in Bhopal, said, "After the US Supreme Court ruling on the trade deal, I challenge PM Modi to scrap it," as cited by news agency PTI.
Gandhi also added, “The Indo-US trade deal is against the interests of our farmers and was done by PM Modi under pressure."
The Congress leader also said that he was not allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha after the President's address.
Talking about former army chief Gen Naravane's memoir, Gandhi said that the decision to go to war is a political decision and not a military one.
Earlier during the Parliamentary budget session 2026, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday cited former Army Chief MM Naravane’s “unreleased memoir” to claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi shed responsibility during the India-China conflict in 2020 and passed the buck on to Naravane.
Rahul Gandhi, while speaking in Lok Sabha, held up Naravane’s unreleased memoir and said he would like the youngsters in India to know that this ‘book’ exists despite the government claiming otherwise. “Every youngster in India should read this book,” he added.
The former Congress president also said that Naravane has written the full account of what happened in Ladakh.
“This book clearly states that when the Chinese army had entered our border, in such a critical moment, the army chief was made to wait. And when the time came to make a decision, the PM simply said, 'Jo aapko uchit lage woh kijiye,' Gandhi further asserted.
Rahul Gandhi exchanges words with Ravneet Bittu
Rahul Gandhi exchanged barbs with former party colleague and Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu in the Parliament premises. In a video, Gandhi was heard calling Bittu “a traitor", and the minister retorted with the “desh ke dushman” (enemy of the nation) jibe.
The incident took place right outside Parliament’s Makar Dwar. As soon as Gandhi was about to speak, Bittu passed by and remarked, “The suspended Congress MPs are sitting here as if they have won a war." Gandhi hit back, “There is a traitor walking right by."
(With inputs from PTI)
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