Bhopal, Feb. 24 -- The Lok Sabha's Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of having sold the country through the Indo-United States interim trade deal to save his political future.

"Narendra Modi was compromised. The deal was inked under pressure. Even the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the deal. I challenge Modi to cancel the deal. He cannot, because he is under pressure from (U.S. President Donald) Trump. The 21st century is the data century. In the world, the maximum amount of data is with India. In small print at the back of the agreement, Modi gave all the data to the U.S. Under the deal, nine lakh crore worth of material will have to be purchased every year from America. Our textile indus...