Congress leader Rahul Gandhi waves to a rally during a public meeting in Assam. (@INCIndia/X via PTI Photo)
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday (April 2, 2026) said that United States President Donald Trump is controlling Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Addressing rallies in Assam’s poll-bound districts of Karbi Anglong and Jorhat, he described Himanta Biswa Sarma as the country’s most corrupt chief minister, who considers himself a “mini-Modi”.
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Mr Gandhi said the Prime Minister had capitulated to the US over the recent trade deal. “He opened the Indian agricultural system to American farmers first. No prime minister has done that before. Soybean, lentils, fruits, cotton – all these were opened up by Modi to American farmers. Indian farmers own small fields and use small mechanization. They will be destroyed because farmers in the US have large fields with a high level of mechanization,” he said.
The Congress leader said Mr. Modi had ceded energy security to the US to the point that India could not buy oil from Russia, Iran and Iraq without seeking Trump’s permission.
“Small businesses will be destroyed”
He alleged that the Prime Minister had allowed the US to do whatever it wanted with India’s data. “Modiji told Donald Trump that India will buy ₹9 crore worth of goods from US companies every year. The result will be the destruction of our small and medium industries. Narendra Modi has given a lot of things to the US, but the US has not given anything to India,” he said.
This was because Mr Trump was “controlling” Mr Modi, he claimed.
Mr Gandhi said the US president was aware of Mr Modi’s “corruption” and the Adani Group’s records. “Adani will be behind bars if he goes to the US (due to the criminal case filed against him) and the world will see the financial system of BJP and Narendra Modi,” he claimed.
The Congress leader further alleged that Mr Trump was using the 3.5 million undisclosed Epstein files as a weapon to control Mr Modi. He claimed the prime minister was in Epstein’s files, and Mr Trump has publicly said he can destroy Mr Modi whenever he wants.
Mr Gandhi attacked the “most corrupt” Mr Sarma, who he said had the features of a “mini-Narendra Modi”. He said that corruption is the reason why Prime Minister and Home Minister Amit Shah is controlling the Chief Minister of Assam.
He further said that Mr Modi, Mr Shah and Mr Sarma had opened a “land ATM” in Assam to give “18,000 bighas of your land to Adani, 13,000 bighas to Ambani and 60,000 bighas to Patanjali”.
“He (Chief Minister) gives them your land and they generously give him money which he uses in politics,” Mr Gandhi said, accusing Mr Sarma of ruling the state through syndicates.
He said the chief minister would come to the Congress with folded hands after we “form the government” in Assam. “I know those people. They will not be forgiven,” he added.
Published – 02 Apr 2026 15:32 IST
