New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that under the pretext of "clearing barriers to digital trade," Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "surrendered to the US chokehold" in the interim trade agreement.

Rahul Gandhi's criticism came as India is set to hold an Artificial Intelligence Summit, which he believed could have been an opportunity for India to assert leadership.

However, Rahul believed that through the interim trade agreement, New Delhi allowed Washington to oppose India's use of its data for their own benefit.

"In a few days, the government is hosting a grand AI Summit. It should have been an opportunity for India to assert leadership - to demonstrate how a country of 1.4 billion peo...