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Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is continuously attacking the Modi government regarding the India-US trade deal. He says that this deal will cause great loss to Indian farmers, especially cotton farmers. Apart from this, the textile traders of India will also have to suffer losses.
Rahul Gandhi posted on Twitter on Saturday (February 14) that 18% tariff vs 0%, let me explain how the Prime Minister and his cabinet, who are expert in lying, are spreading confusion on this and how they are cheating the country’s cotton farmers and textile exporters with the India-US trade agreement. Bangladesh is being given the benefit of 0% tariff on garment exports to America, the only condition is that it imports American cotton.
Rahul Gandhi raised questions
Raising questions about the deal, the Congress leader said that after the announcement of 18% tariff on Indian garments, when I raised a question in the Parliament about the special concession being given to Bangladesh, then the minister of Modi government replied that if we also want the same benefit, then we will have to import cotton from America. After all, why was this thing hidden from the country till then? And what kind of policy is this? Is this really an option or is it a trap leading to a well in the front and a ditch in the back?
18% Tariff vs 0% – Let me explain, how the Prime Minister and his cabinet, who are experts in lying, are spreading confusion on this. And, how they are cheating the country’s cotton farmers and textile exporters with the India-US trade agreement.
Bangladesh gets 0% tax on garments exports to America… pic.twitter.com/F4hi4OCHFj
—Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 14, 2026
Our farmers will be ruined- Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi said that if we import American cotton, our own farmers will be ruined. If we don’t order it, our textile industry will lag behind and get destroyed. And now Bangladesh is indicating that it may also reduce or stop cotton imports from India. Textile industry and cotton cultivation are the backbone of livelihood in India. The livelihood of crores of people depends on these. An injury to these areas means pushing millions of families into the abyss of unemployment and economic crisis.
Regarding the US-India trade deal, Rahul Gandhi said that a far-sighted and nationally-minded government would have made a deal that would protect the interests and ensure prosperity of both cotton farmers and textile exporters, but on the contrary, Narendra “Surrender” Modi and his ministers have made such an agreement which can prove to be a deep injury to both the sectors.
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