Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that US President Donald Trump had used the Epstein files to pressure Prime Minister Narendra Modi into signing an India-US trade deal that would “sacrifice” Indian farmers, escalating his attack on the Centre at a farmers’ convention in Peravoor in Kannur district. Rahul alleged that the Prime Minister had signed a deal with the US President that was “like digging the foundation”. “Indian farmers are small farmers with low levels of mechanisation. American farmers have massive farms and high levels of mechanisation. Indian farmers are being sacrificed so that the Prime Minister can protect himself and the financial structure of the BJP,” Rahul alleged.

Source: The Telegraph February 26, 2026 09:26 UTC