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Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal connected Saturday (February 14, 2026) described Congress person Rahul Gandhi arsenic "immature" and lacking knowing of the system and accused the Opposition enactment of spreading misinformation arsenic it had nary constructive docket to criticise the Narendra Modi government.
Speaking to reporters present successful Mumbai connected the Union Budget, Goyal said Rahul Gandhi is "thousand miles distant from the truth" and asserted "discredited leaders" similar him whitethorn effort but would not beryllium capable to halt Prime Minister Modi and his work to the nation.
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"The Congress is frustrated. It has nary different strategy oregon solution but spreading misinformation and fabricated claims. It does not person immoderate constituent to criticise us. They are trying to mislead our farmers by spreading incorrect and mendacious information," helium said.
"I americium assured that discredited leaders similar Rahul Gandhi of the Congress and its allies, including TMC, DMK and SP, which are parties rejected by the people, tin effort hundreds of thousands of times, but cipher tin halt Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his work to the nation," the Minister further said.
The Mumbai North BJP Lok Sabha MP said the Congress has failed to recognize its ain limitations.
"Rahul Gandhi does not person immoderate knowing of the economy, lone tweeting mendacious and misleading accusation connected societal media. He is thousands of miles distant from the truth. India's fabric cultivation capableness and request some volition grow. This argumentation of importing worldly and processing it for export is an aged signifier successful planetary trade," the Minister said.
When immature radical travel into politics, allegations of specified a level are made, helium said successful a further onslaught connected Rahul Gandhi implicit the latter's disapproval of the Indo-U.S. commercialized woody with regards to fabric cultivation and the textile sector.
Textiles are a shining illustration successful the country's wide exports, accounting for astir Rs 3.60 lakh crore of the total, which volition much than treble successful the coming time, Goyal said responding to a question.
"Among the FTAs that India has pushed guardant successful the past fewer months, the textile sector's publication would beryllium astir USD fractional a trillion, which comes to astir ₹45 lakh crore, With the textile marketplace present opened for us, it volition payment us. The United States unsocial procures textile products worthy astir ₹9 lakh crore annually. Moreover, reciprocal tariffs connected Indian goods person been reduced to 18 per cent from earlier 50%," helium pointed out.
Roughly fractional of the full exports to the U.S. from India volition spell astatine zero duty, and the 18% tariffs connected the remainder are the lowest erstwhile compared to immoderate different competing nation, Goyal asserted.
"We are little than China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia. India has received the lowest tariffs from the U.S. compared to our competitors, and it has opened a $30 trillion marketplace for India. I deliberation it is simply a game-changer for the aboriginal advancement of India," helium said.
The Union Minister besides noted that the European Union procures astir ₹22-23 lakh crore worthy of goods from India, adding that textile products would beryllium exported astatine zero work to markets specified arsenic the EU, New Zealand, and the UK.
"The U.S. produces astir 480 cardinal pounds bales of fabric each year, which is valued astatine ₹1.25 lakh crore. It cannot harm the interests of India's fabric growers. The US exports astir ₹45,000 crore worthy of cotton. In my guess, India's 1 portion produces much fabric than that," the curate said.
The nation's request for fabric is overmuch higher and it is rising, the elder BJP person added.
