‘It’s going to Devastate India’: Rahul Gandhi Calls for Centre’s Response To Donald Trump’s Tariff Transfer – News18
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Rahul Gandhi stated that the reciprocal tariffs introduced by Donald Trump will “fully devastate” Indian economic system and requested what the central authorities is doing to counter the influence of the US commerce retaliation.
Chief of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi (Picture/Sansad TV)
Amid the continuing debate over the reciprocal tariffs introduced by Donald Trump, Chief of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Thursday stated that the US President’s determination will “fully devastate” India’s economic system and requested what the central authorities is doing to counter the influence of the US commerce retaliation.
Rahul Gandhi additional criticised the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led authorities’s international coverage over the scenario alongside the Line of Precise Management (LAC) with China.
Talking in Lok Sabha, the Chief of the Opposition acknowledged, “You will have given China 44,000 sq. kilometres of land. On the opposite facet, our ally all of a sudden decides to impose tariffs on us, which goes to fully destroy our economic system. Our auto business, our pharmaceutical business. They’re all on the road.”
Quickly after Rahul Gandhi’s comment, Union Minister Anurag Thakur attacked the Congress chief and schooled him that politicising the India-China subject in Lok Sabha wouldn’t yield something.
The Opposition events are additionally questioning the central authorities over its subsequent plan of action concerning Trump’s tariff announcement and have demanded a dialogue on the problem in parliament.
In the meantime, the federal government has responded saying that the Division of Commerce is fastidiously inspecting the implications of the varied measures and bulletins made by President Trump.
“Holding in view the imaginative and prescient of Viksit Bharat, the Division is engaged with all stakeholders, together with Indian business and exporters, taking suggestions of their evaluation of the tariffs and assessing the scenario. The Division can also be learning the alternatives that will come up attributable to this new growth within the US commerce coverage,” the federal government assertion learn.
Opposition Assaults Authorities
Aaditya Thackeray, son of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and chief of Shiv Sena (UBT), attacked the federal government over reciprocal tariffs and accused the Centre of attempting to divert everyone’s consideration from the problem with the Waqf invoice.
Taking to X, Thackeray stated, “The reciprocal tariffs. Most nations are debating their means ahead with the sort of influence it’s going to have on their economic system and nation. Our nation’s union authorities has saved everybody busy on one other subject altogether. Looks like the coping mechanism of the BJP’s authorities is controversy and dividing the nation.”
He additional requested Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to make an in depth assertion on reciprocal tariffs- the influence and response – within the Parliament. He prompt that the federal government talk about the problem within the Parliament.
The reciprocal tariffs.Most nations are debating their means ahead with the sort of influence it’s going to have on their economic system and nation.
Our nation’s union authorities has saved everybody busy on one other subject altogether.
Looks like the coping mechanism of the bjp’s authorities…
— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) April 3, 2025
“This can be a nationwide problem very badly managed by the BJP’s authorities. They may have additionally mentioned this earlier. The sort of economic system India has – the influence of those tariffs on our economic system, jobs, companies, youth, the influence will probably be super. But the federal government chooses to keep up silence. You don’t have to talk in opposition to anybody, simply inform us how we, as a nation, will address the problem,” he added.
