India, Feb. 3 -- Commerce minister Piyush Goyal blamed Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for not letting the government share details about the US-India trade deal in Parliament because of the "ugly scenes" created by him.

US President Donald Trump late Monday claimed that tariffs on India are being slashed from 25 per cent to 18 per cent after Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to stop buying Russian oil - a declaration that is yet to be confirmed by the Indian side.

"I wanted to speak in Parliament about the deal, but could not do so because of ugly scenes created by Congress led by Rahul Gandhi," Piyush Goyal said while addressing media on the US-India trade agreement on Tuesday.

"Rahul Gandhi is a negative person (has a negative mentality)...