Leader rof Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday once again trained his guns at Prime Minister Narendra Modi by reiterating his charge that ‘PM is compromised’ over the India-US trade deal.
His remarks came a day after he had dared the Prime Minister to cancel the deal with US, claiming it’s against the interests of Indians.
In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi said, “Narendra ‘Surrender’ Modi, it’s been over 24 hours since I challenged you to scrap the US Trade Deal – and you’ve once again slunk off to Israel in silence.”
“You’ve already danced and sung in Israel once at Epstein’s behest – so this time, on whose orders will you return having struck a deal against the country’s interests?” the Congress leader said.
His remarks came in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s ruling against President Donald Trump’s global tariffs dubbing it illegal.
The Gandhi scion, in last few days, has targeted the government with a series of allegations against the Prime Minister alleging that the government rushed into a trade deal with the United States to serve the interests of Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri and industrialist Gautam Adani, whom he has described as the “BJP’s financial backbone”.
In another allegation the LoP had doubted the timing of the deal, which had been dragging on for months, while claiming that the PM sealed the deal with Trump “without even consulting his Cabinet”.
Meanwhile, earlier in the day, Congress media and publicity department chairman Pawan Khera also slammed the government over the US India trade deal and how the Prime Minister has been compromised as he tore into Modi’s Epstein links with chronological details
Khera while addressing a press conference here tore into the Prime Minister’s links with the convicted sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, with chronological details, which clearly suggest that Epstein had links with him (Modi).
He also quoted an email where Epstein offered to arrange and then confirmed a meeting between Modi and then Trump aide Steve Bannon, saying, “Modi on board”.
Khera said that Modi was not only a compromised Prime Minister, but a “puppet and robot Prime Minister with control in someone else’s hands”.
“Biggest threat to India is the people who are governing India today. That is a cause of serious concern and worry”, Khera remarked, while quoting an email of Epstein to Bannon where he suggests to him that “you (Bannon) should meet with Modi, I (Epstein) can set the meeting”. After Bannon told him to “please” arrange, Epstein replied to him, “Modi on board”. He pointed out that Epstein had access to Modi.
“Hence PM is compromised. Therefore, the PM is compromised. If Epstein can send an email to Bannon that Modi is on board, what does this mean?” Khera noted.
Khera said Prime Minister Modi’s current visit to Israel must be seen in the same context, particularly at a time when the US was building up pressure and threatening to attack Iran, India’s old ally.