New Delhi, March 12 -- Congress MP Manickam Tagore has filed an Adjournment Motion in the Lok Sabha to discuss the ongoing crisis in India's manufacturing sector and the growing trade deficit with China.

In his adjournment motion, Tagore wrote, "I rise today to bring attention to the growing crisis in India's manufacturing sector under the current government. Instead of fostering an Atma-Nirbhar Bharat, this government seems to be working towards an Adani Nirbhar Bharat, where only a handful of corporate giants benefit, leaving the rest of the country's industries and workers to suffer."

Tagore sharply criticized the government's flagship initiative, Make in India, which was intended to boost domestic manufacturing and employment opport...