In a fiery rebuke from Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Kuldeep Dhaliwal has declared the India-US trade deal a ticking time bomb for Indian agriculture, poised to unleash devastation on the nation’s farmers.
Labeling it farmer-hostile and treacherous, Dhaliwal accused the BJP of blind celebration through figures like Sunil Jakhar, who either misunderstand the perils or are willfully blind to the suffering of marginalized growers.
The deal, Dhaliwal charged, flings open India’s doors to US agribusiness giants flush with subsidies our farmers can only dream of. This asymmetry guarantees disaster, he said, as domestic produce gets priced out.
AAP has been vocal in protest for over a week, contrary to BJP claims. Dhaliwal lambasted the government for secrecy, with news breaking via Trump’s tweets rather than Parliament, where Modi evaded scrutiny.
Trump’s emphasis on agriculture isn’t casual – it’s a red flag. Subsidized US exports like sorghum (75% global production), corn, grains, dairy, cotton, nuts, and apples will swamp Indian markets.
Imagine Maharashtra’s drought-stricken sorghum fields, where farmers lack MSP guarantees, competing with US floods. Punjab-Haryana wheat belts, UP dairies, J&K walnuts, Himachal apples – all imperiled.
Dhaliwal painted a grim picture: indigenous crops wiped out, rural economies shattered, smallholders bankrupted. ‘BJP’s jubilation is our farmers’ funeral,’ he said.
This isn’t trade; it’s invasion. AAP stands firm with farmers, demanding the deal’s scrapping to safeguard India’s agri-sovereignty amid growing rural distress.