NEW DELHI: The BJP on Wednesday dismissed as “baseless” Rahul Gandhi’s accusations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over India-US interim trade deal and alleged that the Leader of Opposition took the parliamentary decorum to the lowest level with “street language” while speaking in the Lok Sabha.
This came after Gandhi, while participating in a debate on Union Budget in the Lower House, launched a blistering attack at Modi, alleging that the government “sold Bharat Mata” through the trade deal and that it was a “wholesale surrender” with India’s energy security handed over to America and farmers’ interests compromised.
Gandhi said he does not believe that any Indian prime minister, including Modi, would agree to such a deal unless there is a “chokehold” on him.