Protesting against the Narendra Modi government for not sharing details of the India-U.S. trade deal, the Congress on Friday (February 6, 2026) brought a poster that read ‘Trap Deal’, to the main entrance of the Parliament complex.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge later attacked the government over the trade deal, saying U.S. President Donald Trump pressured Mr. Modi into signing it because of the Epstein files [documents pertaining to late U.S. financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein].
“The truth is that over the past few days, Narendra Modi has been troubled because matters related to him have come up in the Epstein files. After that, Narendra Modi surrendered before Trump and struck a trade deal. He sacrificed the country’s farmers. Modi is making our people poor and making America’s farmers rich,” Mr. Kharge told reporters while reacting to the Prime Minister’s reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address.
On Thursday (February 5), Mr. Modi replied to the Motion of Thanks in the Rajya Sabha, in which he mounted a scathing attack on the Congress. However, he skipped the customary reply to the Motion of Thanks in the Lower House because of repeated disruptions by Opposition members.
