{"id":739,"date":"2025-08-01T10:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/anti-india-language-rijiju-slams-rahul-gandhi-over-trumps-dead-economy-endorsement-politics-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T10:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:37:06","slug":"anti-india-language-rijiju-slams-rahul-gandhi-over-trumps-dead-economy-endorsement-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/anti-india-language-rijiju-slams-rahul-gandhi-over-trumps-dead-economy-endorsement-politics-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Anti-India Language&#8230;\u2019: Rijiju Slams Rahul Gandhi Over Trump&#8217;s \u2018Dead Economy\u2019 Endorsement | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9477886\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">August 01, 2025, 15:25 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9477886\" class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-1053828708 asubttl-schema\">Rahul Gandhi termed Donald Trump&#8217;s description of Indian economy &#8220;dead&#8221; as right, and said that everyone &#8220;except PM Modi and Nirmala Sitharaman&#8221; knows this.<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-1053828708 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kiren Rijiju slams Rahul Gandhi over &quot;dead economy&quot; remark (PTI Image)\" title=\"Kiren Rijiju slams Rahul Gandhi over &quot;dead economy&quot; remark (PTI Image)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-1053828708\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kiren Rijiju slams Rahul Gandhi over &#8220;dead economy&#8221; remark (PTI Image)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Rahul Gandhi\u2019s endorsement of Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cdead economy&#8221; remark against India has drawn sharp criticism from the government, which accused the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition of \u201cspeaking against the nation&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday alleged that the Congress leader was \u201cplaying a dangerous game&#8221; that would harm the country through his endorsement of such views, which were also rejected by many in the Congress party itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Rijiju Slams Rahul Gandhi<\/h2>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">\u201cRahul Gandhi speaks against the nation. Many are saying he is playing a dangerous game to harm the country. His anti-India language is being opposed by many prominent people in the Opposition too. They also say you cannot describe India as a dead economy,&#8221; Rijiju said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">On Thursday, Rahul Gandhi seconded Trump\u2019s criticism of the Indian economy, keeping it parallel to the Russian economy, and said that everyone \u201cexcept the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister&#8221; knows about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">\u201cEverybody knows that the Indian economy is a dead economy. I am glad that President Trump has stated a fact. The entire world knows that the Indian economy is a dead economy. BJP has finished the economy to help Adani,&#8221; the Congress leader told reporters yesterday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\">Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi\u2019s colleague Shashi Tharoor disagreed with Trump\u2019s views and said, \u201c<span class=\"cf0\">No, not at all. That is not the case, and we all know it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\">A day earlier, several Congress and Opposition leaders did not back Rahul Gandhi\u2019s endorsement of Trump\u2019s views and said that the \u201cIndian economy is not dead&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2>Trump\u2019s Criticism Of India-Russia Ties<\/h2>\n<p id=\"10\" class=\"story_para_10\">Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called out Trump\u2019s bluff without naming him in the Lok Sabha, stating that \u201cno world leader asked India to stop Operation Sindoor&#8221;, Trump has launched his tirade against India, citing its energy and defence ties with Russia.<\/p>\n<p id=\"11\" class=\"story_para_11\">\u201cThey have always bought a vast majority of their military equipment from Russia, and are Russia\u2019s largest buyer of ENERGY, along with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to STOP THE KILLING IN UKRAINE- ALL THINGS NOT GOOD! INDIA WILL THEREFORE BE PAYING A TARIFF OF 25%, PLUS A PENALTY FOR THE ABOVE, STARTING ON AUGUST FIRST,&#8221; Trump posted on Truth Social earlier.<\/p>\n<p id=\"12\" class=\"story_para_12\">Later, he criticised India\u2019s trade policies and said. \u201cI don\u2019t care what India does with Russia. They can take their dead economies down together, for all I care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"authorimg\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ashesh-2024-11-fd1fa2ae07ac83fb805772b63969942e.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=0&amp;height=0\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/ashesh-mallick-28105.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">Ashesh Mallick<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ashesh Mallick is a Sub-Editor with over three years of experience in news writing, video production. He primarily covers national news, politics and global affairs. 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