India, Feb. 13 -- Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on early Friday morning called Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi as "a habitual liar" who speaks "falsehoods" and make "baseless allegations" and said under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indian farmers will always be secure, empowered, and prosperous.

Goyal's recorded video message to the farmers was uploaded early Friday in response to Gandhi's recorded video in Hindi on social media X, where LoP alleged that "any trade deal that takes away the livelihood of farmers or weakens the food security of the country is anti-farmer". Gandhi was making reference to the recently concluded India-US framewok agreement for bilateral trade, which will be formally signed after l...