Handed Over All Indian Data Resources To US Through Deal, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Indo-US deal essentially handed over India's data to the United States of America and nobody, except him, uttered a word about it. 

The claim by Rahul came while fielding queries on data protection during a dialogue with the Information Technology (IT) Fraternity at Technopark here. 

He said that if India had said that its data was the most valuable in the world, there would have been no taxes on



agriculture or on small and medium businesses.

"I mean, if in that deal, India turned around and said, listen, this is all fine, but our data is the most valuable data in the world, I can guarantee you there will be no taxes on agriculture. 

There would be no taxes on small and medium business. There would be none of that," Rahul, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha said. He said that when going into a negotiation, one has to know what one has.