Congress claims US-India trade deal subjected to Modi’s ‘desperation’; Rahul
NEW DELHI: After the US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s global tariffs, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being “compromised”, saying his “betrayal” in stood exposed.Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh claimed that if Prime Minister Modi had not been so “desperate” to protect his “fragile image” and waited just 18 days more, Indian farmers would have been saved from the agony and distress, and Indian sovereignty would have been protected.
“Yesterday after the US Supreme Court struck down his tariffs policy, President Trump declared that (i) Mr. Modi is his great friend; (ii) the India-US trade deal will continue as announced; (iii) he had personally halted Operation Sindoor on May 10 2025 by threatening to increase tariffs on Indian exports to the US if India did not halt Operation Sindoor,” Ramesh said on X.
The Congress alleged that the trade deal had become an “ordeal” for the country subjected to by the prime minister’s “desperation and surrender.”On February 2 2026, President Trump was the first to announce that the India-US trade deal had been finalised and said that “out of friendship and respect for Prime Minister Modi and, as per his request, effective immediately, we agreed to a trade deal between the United States and India”, the Congress leader said.I think my relationship with India is fantastic and we’re doing trade with India. India pulled out of Russia. India was getting its oil from Russia. And they pulled way back at my request, because we want to settle that horrible war where 25,000 people are dying every month,” Trump said at a news conference Friday in the White House hours after the US Supreme Court struck down his sweepingEarlier this month, as the US and India announced they reached a framework for an Interim Agreement on trade, Trump issued an Executive Order removing the 25 per cent punitive tariffs imposed on India for its purchases of Russian oil, with the US President noting the commitment by New Delhi to stop directly or indirectly importing energy from Moscow and purchase American energy products.The Congress on Friday hailed the US Supreme Court decision striking down President Donald Trump’s global tariffs and said India may not have found itself cornered into a “one-sided” trade deal had the government waited just 18 more days.
In a post on X, Ramesh had said, “Hats off to the US Supreme Court for striking down President Trump’s entire tariff strategy! Quite an amazing decision given its ideological composition.
“A 6-3 verdict is decisive. The American system of checks and balances still seems to be working,” he said.The 6-3 decision centred on tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping reciprocal tariffs Trump levied on nearly every other country.
The majority found that the Constitution very clearly gives the Congress the power to impose taxes, which include tariffs.
Under the trade deal, Washington will charge a reduced reciprocal tariff on New Delhi, lowering it from 25 per cent to 18 per cent.
“What forced Prime Minister Modi to ensure President Trump announced the India-US trade deal in the night of February 2…?”