NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition on Friday unpacked his fiery “jiu-jitsu” analogy from the Budget Session speech, detailing the “political grips and chokes” squeezing Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a video post on X, Gandhi highlighted the Gautam Adani indictment, plus the Epstein files that mention Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Anil Ambani. He also slammed the India-US trade deal as lopsided, heavily favoring American interests over India’s.“On one side, there is China sitting on our border, and on the other side, there’s the USA. And our Prime Minister is torn between these grips. He’s trapped,” Rahul said, explaining why he used the jiu-jitsu analogy in his Parliament speech during the Budget Session.“The real grip on Mr Narendra Modi is the fake image he has built, that has been built for him. An image that has required huge amounts of money. The key to that image is now in the hands of the US. And that’s why Indian farmers are going to suffer. Indian textiles are going to suffer. We will be forced into buying imports from the US,” he added.
“Why did I use a Jiu-Jitsu analogy in my Parliament speech on the trade deal? The reason I used the idea of grips and a choke is because these exist in the sport of Jiu-Jitsu and it is how you control an opponent in this sport,” he said.“But they also exist in the political realm. In my experience of politics, political grips and chokes are mostly hidden. The average person can’t see them. And you have to look carefully to see where the choke is being applied. It expressed very powerfully what our Prime Minister is going through,” he added.In a post on X, he raised several questions: “Why were our farmers sacrificed to please the Americans? Why was India’s energy security compromised by allowing the US to dictate our oil supplies? Why agree to increase US imports by $100 billion a year without a reciprocal promise? Why did I say this deal could turn India into a data colony?”“Why would Modi ji agree to a deal where India gives so much and appears to get so little?” he asked, before he went to reply “the answer to this abject surrender lies in the ‘grips’ and ‘chokes’ placed on the PM.”“But most important is the data. The fact that our data is being handed over by Mr Narendra Modi to American companies to the United States for a pittance. And mark my words, we are going to become a data colony,” he added.Earlier, Rahul had criticised the government over the organisation of the AI Summit, calling it a “chaotic PR exercise” and alleging that instead of harnessing India’s talent and data, the event put Indian data at risk while promoting Chinese products.On Friday, members of the Indian Youth Congress staged a shirtless protest at Bharat Mandapam against Prime Minister Modi, targeting the AI Impact Summit and accusing him of being “compromised.” As part of the demonstration, party workers took off their shirts to signal dissent.
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