Goyal said that India today negotiates with advanced countries and is keen to contribute to their future as we would like them to contribute to our future for a Viksit Bharat. “Every agreement stands on the comparative advantage India will have vis-a-vis its trading partner,” he stated.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who interacted with the media in the national capital, hit back and accused the BJP and the RSS of trying to appropriate Sardar Patel and his legacy “when he had banned the organisation after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.”

As many as 48 migrant workers from Jharkhand’s Giridih, Bokaro, and Hazaribagh districts are reportedly stranded in North African country, Tunisia, facing dire conditions for three months. They’ve appealed to the Indian government for assistance in returning home through a video message.