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NEW DELHI: Leader of the absorption successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi connected Wednesday launched a crisp onslaught connected the authorities during the treatment connected the Union Budget 2026-27, alleging that India’s strategical autonomy is being compromised and that cardinal decisions connected vigor and economical argumentation are progressively influenced by planetary powerfulness equations.In a pointed remark targeting the Centre’s overseas and commercialized policy, Rahul Gandhi said, “Now US volition determine who we bargain lipid from not our Prime Minister,” and accused the authorities of weakening India’s negotiating presumption successful an unstable and rapidly changing planetary order.Key quotes from Rahul Gandhi’s speech
- “When you determination into a unsafe satellite what is the archetypal happening you person to understand? I'd similar to archer the location our strengths, the cardinal spot is our 1.4 cardinal radical brilliant, energetic, dynamic who tin situation anybody successful the world”
- “Talking astir AI is similar talking astir the interior combustion motor without talking petrol, petrol for AI is data”
- “Indian information is cardinal to support United States superpower”
- “Are you not of ashamed of selling India”
- “If Americans privation to stay superpower, support their dollar, past cardinal to that is Indian data”
- “Population is simply a spot but lone if you recognise that information is important”
- “If INDIA bloc was negotiating with President Trump, we would accidental 'most important happening successful this equation is Indian data'”
- “We would archer President Trump, if you privation entree to Indian data, you volition person to speech to america arsenic an equal”
Citing the Economic Survey, Rahul Gandhi said the satellite is entering an epoch of intensifying geopolitical struggle and instability.“I was looking astatine the economical survey and 2 points I recovered there, coagulated points, profound points that I liked.
First point, that we are surviving successful a satellite of intensifying geopolitical conflict... The dominance of the United States is being challenged by the Chinese, by the Russians, by different forces. The 2nd happening is that we are surviving successful a satellite of vigor and fiscal weaponisation. The main happening they are saying present is that we are moving from a satellite of stableness to a satellite of instability.
”He added, “Prime Minister stated, and NSA stated, shockingly, immoderate clip back, that the epoch of warfare is over.
In fact, we are moving into the epoch of war. You tin spot warfare is determination successful Ukraine, warfare was determination successful Gaza, warfare is determination successful the Middle East, menace of warfare is determination successful Iran. We had operations successful Sindoor. So we are moving into a satellite of instability. The dollar is being challenged. The cardinal game, arsenic my friends connected the different broadside understand, is that dollar is being challenged, US supremacy is being challenged.
We are moving from a satellite of 1 superpower to immoderate caller satellite that truly we can't predict...”Rahul Gandhi argued that India’s monolithic information excavation gives it leverage successful planetary negotiations. “People make data. We person the biggest information excavation connected the planet. 1.4 cardinal radical means monolithic magnitude of information is being generated successful India. Everybody talks astir AI but talking AI is similar talking astir interior combustion motor without petrol. The petrol for AI is data.... meaning if you person AI and you don't data, you person nothing.
Which are the 2 biggest pools of information connected the planet? The Indian excavation of information and Chinese excavation of data.”Using a martial arts analogy, helium said, “In martial arts, the series is grip, choke, and tap. This grip besides exists successful politics. But, successful authorities the grip, choke, and pat stay hidden”.He further said, “Budget recognises vigor and concern are being weaponised but thing successful fund that looks into this”.Calling for safeguards, Rahul Gandhi added, “We request to support our people, data, nutrient proviso and vigor system”.He besides cautioned astir the disruptive interaction of artificial intelligence. “I would pass govt AI is going to person galore consequences; companies astatine forefront of accusation exertion volition struggle”.The Congress person reiterated that India is entering a play of heightened uncertainty. “We are moving from a satellite of stableness to a satellite of instability”.His remarks travel amid crisp exchanges betwixt the Opposition and the treasury benches during the ongoing Budget Session.
