India, Feb. 14 -- Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has doubled down on his charge against the BJP-led NDA government over the trade deal with the US, saying on Saturday that PM Narendra Modi "made an agreement that is likely to inflict deep damage" to cotton farmers and textile exporters in particular.

Rahul put up a video on X and focused on the conditional zero-tariff clause in the Trump administration's deal with Dhaka to make his point - it allows for no tariffs on Bangladesh's textile exports to the US if the raw material is cotton bought from the US.

His moves comes at a time when the BJP is planning to use the parliamentary instrument of a "substantive motion" to expel him from the Lok Sabha.

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