India, Feb. 15 -- The All-India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has launched a scathing attack on Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, demanding his immediate resignation following his declarations regarding raw cotton imports from the United States. The farmers' body termed the move a "naked betrayal" of domestic cultivators and a total capitulation to US trade interests. In a joint statement issued on Saturday, AIKS President Ashok Dhawale and General Secretary Vijoo Krishnan alleged that the Union Minister's recent pronouncements have exposed the "falsehoods" that agriculture remained outside the ambit of the India-US trade deal. Goyal had reportedly stated that India could purchase raw cotton from the US to facilitate zero-percent re...
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