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With trade unions observing a day-long onslaught against the Centre's policies, the Congress connected Thursday (February 12, 2026) expressed enactment for them, and Rahul Gandhi alleged that the authorities ignored the voices of workers and farmers portion making decisions concerning their future.
Mr. Gandhi wondered whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi volition perceive to them present oregon if determination is simply a "grip" connected him excessively strong.
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Employees and workers associated with a associated forum of cardinal commercialized unions observed a day-long onslaught connected Thursday to amusement their "resistance to anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-national pro-corporate policies of the cardinal government".
The forum has claimed that 30 crore workers are being mobilised for a "general strike" to protestation against the caller labour code, among different issues.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said each the country's commercialized unions, farmers, and workers are connected the streets against the Modi government's commercialized deal, labour laws and the "snatching distant of MGNREGA".
"We basal firmly against the anti-people TRAP DEAL, which has mortgaged the aboriginal of millions of toiling farmers, workers, and labourers. Succumbing to overseas pressure, the Modi authorities has tampered with the lives of crores of citizens of the country," helium alleged.
Taking a swipe astatine Prime Minister Modi, Mr. Kharge said those who chanted "Abki baar Trump sarkaar'” have harmed India's nationalist interest, and the biggest absorption to this comes from our workers, tiny traders, and the communal people.
"From the streets to Parliament, our conflict volition continue," Mr. Kharge added.
Mr. Gandhi alleged that the authorities ignored the voices of workers and farmers portion making decisions concerning their aboriginal and asked whether Prime Minister Modi volition perceive to them present oregon if determination is simply a "grip" connected him excessively strong.
Mr. Gandhi's onslaught connected the authorities came a time aft helium alleged that the India-U.S. interim commercialized woody was a "wholesale surrender", with India's vigor information handed implicit to America and farmers' interests compromised.
In a station connected X successful Hindi, Mr. Gandhi said, "Today, lakhs of workers and farmers crossed the state are connected the streets to rise their voices for their rights." He said that the workers fearfulness that the 4 labour codes volition weaken their rights.
"Farmers fearfulness that the commercialized statement (with the US) volition harm their livelihoods. And weakening oregon eliminating MNREGA could instrumentality distant the past root of enactment for villages," the Leader of Opposition successful Lok Sabha said.
"Will Modiji perceive now? Or is determination a 'grip' connected him that is excessively strong? I basal firmly with the issues and struggles of workers and farmers," Mr. Gandhi said.
Speaking with reporters successful the Parliament House complex, Congress wide caput Priyanka Gandhi Vadra besides expressed enactment for the workers and farmers, saying immoderate the authorities is doing is wholly wrong.
"They are betraying the farmers. The benignant of commercialized woody they person signed volition effect is sufferings for farmers. We are supporting the labour unions successful their onslaught today," she said.
In a no-holds-barred onslaught connected the Modi government, Rahul Gandhi, portion participating successful the statement connected the Union Budget successful the Lok Sabha connected Wednesday (February 11, 2026), claimed that Indian interests had been "surrendered" nether the commercialized woody to support the BJP's fiscal architecture.
Slamming the Indo-U.S. deal, Mr. Gandhi drew an analogy of how, successful martial arts, aft securing a grip, the adjacent measurement is simply a chokehold, and past the hostile taps to springiness up.
Mr. Gandhi underlined the request to support the country's people, data, nutrient proviso and vigor system.
He said that if an INDIA bloc authorities negotiated the commercialized statement with the U.S., it would person told President Donald Trump that helium indispensable dainty India equally.
