Is this a story of “Sour grapes”?
It is interesting to see that those who could not take decisions because they had no connect with the people on the ground are today making a virtue of not doing anything. Our people have paid immense costs for this lost opportunity. Our country has lost valuable jobs, income and growth and people have rightly punished this inaction many times.
1️⃣: What puzzles me is that when the whole world is calling it the “mother of all deals”, my friend thinks it is hugely hyped. Is the combined GDP of $25 trillion, combined global trade of $11 trillion and common market of 2 billion people, $33 billion of India’s labour-intensive exports going to zero on day 1 a hype? What is also unfortunate is that my friend missed a basic fact that we are both largely complementary economies. It is not a zero sum deal but a win-win deal which will power our economic growth and create plethora of opportunities for our businesses and people.
2⃣: I can say with confidence that our Government has taken up the issue of CBAM, interests of our exporters in steel, aluminium and all other sectors like no one ever has and identified pathways to find solutions. We have found creative ways of handling these complex and sensitive subjects through dialogue, trust and support with our partners rather than “my way or highway only” kind of immature, illogical and rigid positions.
3⃣: All countries, including India reserve their right to regulate for health and safety reasons. No one cedes them in a trade agreement. They are disciplined in a manner that they do not become unnecessary and unjustified impediment to trade. The ways to ensure that, are adequately provided for in the Agreement. IPR obligations are similar to what we have in TRIPS at the WTO. They emphasise flexibilities for public health, need for transfer of technology, recognise India’s traditional digital knowledge library project and preserve our policy on data exclusivity. The commitments in Services are as per India’s domestic regime and we hope that some of these capital-intensive sectors such as maritime and financial services will attract EU’s investment, technology and innovation and grow these critical infrastructure services, bringing more efficient, innovative services to our businesses and people.
4⃣: I hope that my friend can devote more time to understand the auto sector and what we are intending to do. Our quota based, premium segment focused and phased auto offer (with a time lag of 5 years for EVs from EIF) is with an intent to boost Make in India. Liberalising CKD imports will encourage EU’s OEMs to set up local assembly lines. This serves as a stepping stone, moving foreign OEMs from "importing" to "assembling" and eventually to "full localisation" as they build local supply chains. This brings high-end manufacturing processes, quality standards, and advanced R&D practices into the Indian ecosystem. It will also create new demand, benefits consumers by expanding choice with faster access to global models. It also enhances safety and tech standards.
5⃣: The point on refined fuel is linked to extraneous reasons. Our Trade Agreement with EU is a long-term strategic engagement based on trust and mutual respect which will strengthen our trade routes.
I only hope my friend will shed this negative and pessimistic approach which is unable to see our aspirational people raring to go out and do business with the world. Let’s work to open opportunities for them, rather than act as roadblocks in their quest for prosperity.
India and the 27-nation European Union first started negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement in June 2007. 16 rounds of negotiations took place but were suspended in May 2013 because of lack of agreement on many important issues. Talks on an FTA remained suspended till June 2022
You want to know what „strategic autonomy“ really means? Putting your own national interests first no matter the price you have to pay. India clearly shows the way, but only few countries are able to do it. And the European countries are not among them.
Read Modi, Doval & Jaishankar as a continuum not as isolated soundbites clipped for outrage.
Modi articulates the doctrine: India First, equal footing, no permission seeking.
Jaishankar operationalises it abroad: no mediation, no sermons, no selective morality.
Doval internalises it at home: history isn’t for grievance it’s fuel to rebuild power.
The Left hears “revenge” and hyperventilates.
Because they confuse memory with grievance, confidence with aggression, and strength with insecurity.
And notice the asymmetry:
One man is blamed for everything under the sun from economy, geopolitics, even global chaos.
Fair enough. Then answer one simple question:
Show one opposition leader with the strategic clarity, political will, and global standing to take India to this level. Just one.
Silence isn’t humility. It’s a vacuum.
India’s foreign policy today is the strongest in its history not because of chest thumping, but because we stopped apologising.
The next test is capacity at home: factories, jobs, courts, cities, state efficiency. That’s how power compounds.
Indian army has reclaimed 1000.sq km of land in Eastern Ladakh which was lost in 1962 Indo- China war.
Amazing
This should be highlighted and celebrated
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🚨क्या आप Brahmin warrior: देवीदीन पाण्डेय के बारे में जानते है?
1528 अयोध्या पर जब मुगलों की सेना ले कर मीर बाकि ने हमला किया , क्षत्रियों के पुरोहित देवीदीन पाण्डेय ने तलवार उठा ली और 700 मुगलों को यमलोक पहुंचा अयोध्या की रक्षा करते हुए वीरगति को प्राप्त हुए
इस वीरता का जिक्र वामपंथी इतिहासकारों ने नहीं किया,
योगी जी से अनुरोध है ऐसे वीर की स्मारक अयोध्या में बनवाए ताकि सनातनी इनसे प्रेरित हो कर धर्म रक्षा के लिए प्रेरणा ले 🙏🚩
जय श्री राम 🙏
Pakistan Begged Washington 66 Times During Op Sindoor... 💀🔥
> An US lobbying firm disclosures exposed Pakistan.
📌 Here's what the filings reveal...
> After Op Sindoor began, Pakistan contacted the US over 66 times.
> Calls, emails, and meeting requests... all seeking American intervention.
> Pakistani diplomats and defence attachés repeatedly pleaded with US officials, lawmakers, and media.
> The objective was simple... stop India’s military response.
> This continued from the launch of Op Sindoor until the ceasefire took effect.
> India had destroyed 9 terror camps in Pakistan and PoK in retaliation for the Pahalgam attack.
> Under pressure, Pakistan ultimately approached India’s DGMO to request a ceasefire.
👉 This settles the narrative.
No “global mediation.”
Not “mutual de-escalation.”
> One side was striking terror infrastructure.
> The other was dialing Washington... again and again.
📌 More context that matters...
> In 2025, Pakistan signed contracts worth $5 million per year with 6 US lobbying firms.
> The goal was... fast access to the Donald Trump administration.
> Shortly after, Trump hosted Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir at the White House.
> Lobbying firm filings now confirm this wasn’t diplomacy... it was damage control.
👉 Facts don’t bend.
> Op Sindoor proved one thing clearly...
> When hit hard, Pakistan doesn’t escalate... it seeks intervention.
And this time, the paper trail tells the full story. 🇮🇳
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This is bad news for Pakistan apologists.
Documents released under America’s Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) show that India’s Operation Sindoor in April last year shook Pakistan.
Pakistan lobbied aggressively through its diplomats in the US to prevent a war, contacting top administration officials, lawmakers, the Pentagon, and State Department officials nearly 60 times.
Documents filed with the US Department of Justice under FARA reveal that Pakistani diplomats continued negotiating a ceasefire through emails, phone calls, and one-on-one meetings from late April until after the four-day Operation Sindoor.
Pakistan, seeking to pause Op Sindoor, spent approximately ₹45 crore to hire six lobbying firms to gain rapid access to the Trump administration.
Now identify each of those in India who doubted the Indian Armed Forces and Prime Minister Modi.
These cretins must be exposed, again.
🚨HUGE. Pakistan BEGGED Washington to stop India during Operation Sindoor 😂
~ Documents released show Pakistani diplomats sought 66 meetings with US officials, lawmakers and media from the start of Operation Sindoor till ceasefire 🤣🔥
After facing the Indian Army’s heat, Islamabad even hired six US lobbying firms at $5 million/year to influence the Donald Trump administration.
Modi Govt didn’t beg for peace. Pakistan did👏
EU's Kallas claims Belgium is under American and Russian pressure, so they don't want to steal Russia's assets
The huge hypocrisy of the EU dictatorship that insists on ruining economy of Belgium and EU itself
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