The opposition’s Lok Sabha targeted PM Narendra Modi on the proposed trade deal with the US on Saturday and claimed that the PM would do “Mikali Bo” before the tariff time limited by the Trump administration.
Goyal also accused the Congress for interacting and signing the Congress during the tenure of that party -led UPA government. On Saturday, Goyal said, “India does not interact under the deadline. We talk keeping in mind the national interest, and the national interest is paramount in all our busyness worldwide.” He said that India talks with the status of strength. “We are confident and can compete with someone in the world,” he said.
In a post on X on Saturday, Gandhi said, “Piyush Goyal can defeat everyone who he wants, mark my words, Modi will be humbly bent for the deadline of Trump tariff.” Trump has set a time limit of 9 July to finalize the trade agreement with India.
The Congress first hit the PM on his “silence” on his “silence” on the claims of US President Donald Trump to talk on an understanding of a ceasefire between India and Pakistan after military enmity.
India launched Operation Sindoor in vengeance for the Pahgam terror attack on 22 April in which 26 people were killed.
However, during the recent G7 Summit at Canada’s Kannaskis, PM Modi set the record straight and during a 35-minute phone call, we told US President Donald Trump that there was no discussion on any proposal at any level, Indo-US trade deal at any level, India-US trade deal, or the American between India and Pakistan. Modi had said that “India will not accept arbitration and will never”.
Only with the deadline of the days, Goyal said that India would accept the proposed trade deal with the US only when it would be completely final and in national interest.
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“The conversation is going on, the FTA (Free Trade Agreement) is possible only when it is beneficial for both sides … it should be a win-win agreement,” Goyal said.
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