Our 'forceful opposition' saved country from RCEP: Congress

Congress has said that it was its 'forceful opposition' that prevented Narendra Modi regime to distance India from Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) otherwise the government would have signed the agreement.

New Delhi: Congress on Tuesday criticized the union government for not listening to the voice of the common people and said it was its 'forceful opposition' that prevented Narendra Modi regime to distance India from Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and putting the interests of the country's farmers, fishermen and small traders at stake.

Interacting with the ETV Bharat here, Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh said his party was 'shouting' for the past 10 days against the RCEP but the government did not listen to them.

Finally, they heard us, Vallabh said, adding that what 'divyagyan' was it that prevented Prime Minister Narendra Modi signing the deal.

"It could have been the third jolt on the Indian economy. We have been shouting for the past 10 days asking them not to do it. The jolt on the economy was demonetization and second was the faulty implementation of the GST," he said.

The Congress leader said the government has realized that it cannot go on ignoring the people of the country.

"They now know that people are rallying behind the Congress' ideology," he said, adding that results of the Haryana and Maharashtra assemblies show that people have understood their game.

He also said that Congress was not interested in claiming the credit for saving the nation from it. Let Home Minister Amit Shah say anything he wants to on the issue.

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