On Thursday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi supported former US President Donald Trump in his controversial comment, where he termed India as the dead economy and said that his comment reveals a harsh truth that the Indian government still refuses to acknowledge. Talking to journalists, Rahul Gandhi, who is also the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said, laughing, “Yes, he is right. All the people are privy to this, but not the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister. The whole world has no doubt that the Indian economy is a dead economy. It is fortunate that President Trump has told it like it is. The economy too is finished by the BJP to favor Adani.”
His remarks are against a backdrop of increasing donkey bleats against the way the government has addressed the economy after Trump declared an interest of 25 percent on tariffs on Indian goods. There are fears of increased trade tensions, and most of the fears have been sustained in key export sectors.
In the initial post, Trump posted on Truth Social, not only condemning India but also attacking Russia and calling it, along with India, the country with a dead economy. “I am indifferent to what India will do with Russia, he said. They can ruin their own dead economies in concert, to my mind.” Trump also criticized India over its excessive tariffs that are reported to be the highest in the world, saying that the US does not do much business in India.
The previous president also attacked the leadership of Russia, specifically the former president Dmitry Medvedev, saying he should not make provocative mistakes and that his trade relations with the US are at their lowest.
The support by Rahul Gandhi on the controversial assessment done by Trump is bound to stir political controversy in India, where the government has been marketing strong economic attributes and recovery amidst global headwinds. The comments highlight growing tensions in the economic policy and trade relations, as well as claims of cronyism that involve big corporate houses.
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