Are you not ashamed of selling India? Check Rahul Gandhi's key comments from Lok Sabha speech

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a sweeping attack on the Narendra Modi-led government, criticising the Union Budget 2026, India-US trade deal, the Epstein files and more. The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha warned the Parliament that the government is failing to grasp the realities of a rapidly destabilising world.

Incorporating wide-ranging topics from artificial intelligence, Indian data, population strength, martial arts to the latest Budget and more, here's what all Gandhi said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday:

• Rahul Gandhi opened his speech with an analogy drawn from martial arts, saying power in today’s world is no longer about brute force but leveraging the ability to anticipate, redirect and control. On how geopolitics functions in the modern world, he said that nations are locked in silent contests, hidden grips tightening beneath diplomatic smiles, as technology reshapes the battlefield. Artificial intelligence sits at the centre of that struggle, and at the centre of AI is data.
• In the Union Budget, he said that the document lacks serious strategic thinking on energy security, finance or long-term economic sovereignty.

• AI is nothing without data: Rahul Gandhi called India’s 140 crore population the country’s single greatest strategic asset. In a world where the US faces mounting challenges from China and Russia, Indian data could become the decisive currency that determines which nation retains technological and financial dominance.
• US-India trade agreement: On the recently signed deal with US, the Congress leader said that India’s opening stance should centre on its strongest bargaining chip, data and its people. He claimed that India appears to be conceding ground on digital trade rules, localisation safeguards and taxation without securing reciprocal guarantees.
• He emphasised that India's earlier 3% of US tariff has now gone up to 18%, rising 6 times. Calling it "absurd" Gandhi outlined how the INDIA bloc could have negotiated the deal with Trump in a better way.
• He argued that India must negotiate as an equal, not a subordinate partner, especially when its demographic scale and data resources give it leverage few countries possess.
• Criticising the trade deal, he accused the government of betraying the country’s sovereignty and dignity. He blamed the government for selling India, and asked the government if it is ashamed of it, further describing it as one-sided and damaging to national interests.
• If the government allows agricultural products from the United States to flood domestic markets, he alleged, the deal would hurt Indian farmers.
• He questioned the Indian government over reports concerning references to the Prime Minister in recently released investigative documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
• He also flagged the ongoing scrutiny of the Adani Group in the US, referring to proceedings involving the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).