Rahul Accuses Govt of Selling Bharat Mata in Trade Deal

In a no-holds-barred attack, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the government has "sold Bharat Mata" through the India-US interim trade deal, nd that it was a "wholesale surrender" with India's energy security handed over to America and farmers' interests compromised. 

Participating in the debate on the Union Budget, Gandhi said he does not believe that any



Indian prime minister, including Narendra Modi, would agree to such a deal unless there is a "chokehold" on him.

"Why has he (Modi) sold India -- because they (the US) are choking him. They have a grip on his neck," said Gandhi, who began his address with an analogy of how in martial arts after securing a grip, the next step is a chokehold, and then the opponent taps to give up.