Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal held a press conference countering Rahul Gandhi's allegation that the Prime Minister is compromised over the US trade deal. Goyal accused the Gandhi-Nehru family of repeatedly compromising national interest at various junctures. He questioned why Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir was not taken when 93,000 Pakistani soldiers were released after the Shimla Agreement under Indira Gandhi. He alleged Jawaharlal Nehru's secretary was an open book for CIA and KGB, and in 1954, Nehru surrendered India's interests in Tibet to China. Goyal claimed Nehru wrote letters to the UN Security Council recommending China as a permanent member instead of India. He defended the government's trade deals with the European Union, UK, Switzerland, EFTA, Australia, New Zealand, Oman, UAE, and GCC countries, stating farmers' interests were protected and millions of jobs secured. Goyal asked if Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were behind protests during the AI Summit that embarrassed India.
In an exclusive interview with India Today, legal expert Harish Salve discussed the constitutional crisis in West Bengal following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's refusal to resign despite losing her seat and the decisive mandate against her party.
An India Today ground report from Tehran details the ongoing conflict, its impact on the city's infrastructure and how Iranians have gathered at Enghelab Square to demonstrate solidarity and unity amid war.
The Congress state unit in Tamil Nadu held an online meeting and decided to extend support to TVK. Congress is seeking a power-sharing agreement and is likely to demand two cabinet portfolios, along with a few board and corporation chairman posts, and other government roles such as trust members and directors.
Watch as India Today's Geeta Mohan brings this exclusive ground report from Iran's fourteenth-century Golestan Palace, which was damaged during the US-Israel airstrikes on Tehran.
