New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- Congress leader Imran Masood slammed the Central Government over the trade framework with the US, asserting that the ruling BJP is forcing America to enter Indian markets the way the East India Company entered in the past.

Speaking to ANI, Masood called the BJP the real "traitors" of the country as he rejected criticism made over the Youth Congress protest during the AI Summit at Bharat Mandapam.

"Was the country being honoured when you displayed your name on other people's goods? You created a spectacle in the name of the AI Summit. What did you get? They have turned the country into a den of corruption. They can keep protesting; they have already ruined the country. They are calling us traitors. The traitors are ...