World confident of stability after India’s trade deals with EU, U.S., says PM Modi

Replying to a discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address, Mr. Modi said India does not have to either look back or stop but only move forward to achieve the goal of Viksit Bharat.

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“India is signing future-ready trade deals with several nations. In the last few days, we have signed trade deals with nine big nations, including the ‘mother of all deals’ with the 27-nation bloc of the European Union,” he said.

He said the Opposition will have to one day reply to what they did to the nation in the past and added that lot of his energy was spent in rectifying the mistakes of the Congress-led governments.

“When the trade deal with the European Union took place, the world became more confident of stability. After the trade deal with the U.S., the world has still more confidence… It is a good sign for the world,” Mr. Modi said.

He said the President of India has expressed confidence in India’s bright future in her address to the joint sitting of Parliament.

Earlier, the PM started his speech amid sloganeering by the Opposition.

Mr. Modi also took a dig at the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and suggested that he can keep raising slogans while sitting.

The Opposition later staged a walkout.