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Taking a swipe astatine the authorities implicit the interim U.S. commercialized deal, the Congress connected Sunday (February 22, 2026) said it was reflective of "Abki baar Trump se haar" and indispensable beryllium enactment successful "cold storage" successful presumption of the disorder pursuing the American Supreme Court's verdict striking down President Donald Trump's planetary tariffs.
Congress wide caput in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the presumption of the model for the interim statement indispensable beryllium renegotiated and the clause talking astir import liberalisation, particularly of cultivation products, indispensable beryllium scrapped.
Mr. Ramesh said an statement is astir springiness and instrumentality but India had lone fixed nether the interim commercialized pact.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi had fixed a slogan successful Houston successful 2019 — 'Abki baar Trump Sarkaar' but this model for an interim statement is impervious of 'Abki baar Trump se haar'," Mr. Ramesh told PTI Videos.
What happened connected February 2 that determination was a request for the Prime Minister to "force" President Trump to denote the commercialized deal, Mrz. Ramesh asked.
"This is straight linked to Mr. Rahul Gandhi's onslaught successful Parliament connected the PM connected the failures connected the outer information front. So this announcement of the woody was portion of managing the quality and the headlines," Mr. Ramesh alleged.
The model for the interim commercialized statement states that successful the lawsuit of immoderate changes from either side, the US and India hold that they tin modify their commitments, Mr. Ramesh pointed out.
President Trump has changed the tariffs truthful India has each close to alteration its commitments, helium argued.
"The archetypal committedness we person made is to trim oregon destruct tariffs connected a wide scope of nutrient and cultivation products. Our request to the PM is to enactment this successful acold storage," Ramesh said.
India committed to destruct oregon chopped down import duties connected each U.S. concern goods and a wide scope of American nutrient and cultivation products, helium pointed out.
This committedness successful the associated connection indispensable beryllium changed due to the fact that arsenic per this statement, India has each close to bash so, Ramesh said.
"The nonstop interaction of this committedness is going to beryllium felt connected soyabean farmers, maize farmers, fruits and nuts cultivators, fabric farmers. It volition interaction farmers successful J&K, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh to statesman with. Then determination is notation of further products successful the associated statement. What is meant by that," Mr. Ramesh asked
'Our 2nd question is that erstwhile the PM, the commerce curate (Piyush Goyal), knew from December that immoderate clip (now) the Supreme Court verdict could come, galore believed that it could beryllium struck down. Why did you hurriedly onslaught a woody erstwhile you knew the verdict could spell against Trump," Mr. Ramesh said.
"I anticipation successful airy of the monolithic disorder that surrounds this issue, this associated connection is enactment connected acold storage, we renegotiate the terms, this is simply a one-sided deal. This volition beryllium detrimental to the interests of lakhs and lakhs of farmers successful antithetic states of the country," Mr. Ramesh said.
On the 1 manus the U.S. President and the U.S. caput of authorities are claiming that India has stopped buying Russian oil, but the authorities is saying India is going to support our strategical autonomy, truthful what is the clarity connected each these issues, Ramesh asked.
"So, I americium acrophobic these pugnacious questions that are being asked of the premier curate and the PM is evading each these questions," helium alleged.
Any statement is astir springiness and instrumentality but India has lone given, helium claimed.
On the Congress' agenda, Mr. Ramesh said the archetypal successful the bid of Kisan Maha Chaupals volition beryllium held successful Bhopal connected February 24, the 2nd successful Maharashtra connected March 7, and the 3rd successful Sri Ganganagar.
"Our nonsubjective is to afloat support the interests of farmers," helium asserted.
"The PM was forced to retreat the 3 achromatic anti-farm laws successful 2021. Our nonsubjective is to guarantee the interests of the farmers are afloat protected successful immoderate statement that we sign," helium added.
On the alteration successful tariffs by Trump, Ramesh said determination is monolithic disorder and uncertainty.
"The champion people for India is to enactment this model statement into acold storage, renegotiate the presumption of the engagement to afloat support the interests of farmers," helium said.
In a large setback to what was Mr. Trump's pivotal economical docket successful his 2nd term, the US Supreme Court, successful a 6-3 verdict written by Chief Justice John Roberts, ruled that the tariffs imposed by Mr. Trump connected nations astir the satellite were amerciable and that the president had exceeded his authorization erstwhile helium imposed the sweeping levies.
