Referring to the joint statement issued after high-level India-US engagements, Kharge claimed that the agreement provides for zero tariffs on several American exports to India, which, he said, would “virtually open up India’s agriculture to American goods.”
A key question now is whether the Opposition’s attempt to link the India–US trade deal with Puri’s mention in the Epstein files has put the BJP-led NDA on the defensive and whether this pressure can be sustained to test Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the politically sensitive issue of farmers once again.
Speaking to reporters in the Parliament House complex after he said he was stopped from participating in the discussion on the President’s Address, Gandhi claimed that the Lok Sabha had been adjourned for the fourth time since Monday to prevent him from raising these matters.
India is currently the second-largest buyer of Russian oil, which is under US sanctions.
