New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- Senior Indian National Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday sharply criticised the India-US trade agreement, calling it "one-sided" and "anti-farmer," and posed three pointed questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the circumstances under which the deal was finalised.
In a statement, Ramesh said, "Reaching an agreement is fine, but it cannot be a one-sided agreement. A deal does not mean that India will only keep giving and not receive anything in return."He alleged that India had made disproportionate concessions, including a commitment to significantly increase imports from the United States and halt oil purchases from Russia. "We are saying that we will triple our imports from the United States and t...