India, Feb. 14 -- Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his criticism of the India-US trade deal, accusing him of spreading "stage-managed", "artificial" and "baseless" narratives.

Goyal said that Gandhi's allegations were an attempt to mislead farmers.

Terming Rahul Gandhi's claims as 'fake' and 'fabricated', Goyal took to his official X (formerly Twitter) handle to affirm that the allegations were aimed at misguiding the nation's innocent and hard-working 'annadatas', whose interests have been fully protected by the Modi government in the India-US trade deal.

"Friends, Rahul Gandhi has once again rolled out a stage-managed, most artificial and fake narrative. This tim...