Modi rakes WTO issue at BJP national council

August 09, 2014 16:30

"There has been a lot of buzz over the WTO issue. We need not worry when the world criticises if we are looking a betterment of the poor," Modi says.

"I am not afraid of bad press on WTO. We won't snatch food from the poor," We choose feeding the poor over publicity. India will not compromise on farmers' interest," he adds.

India has received a lot of flak for blocking the WTO agreement. India withheld its approval of a pact designed to streamline customs procedures that some economists estimated would save the world economy more than $1 trillion.

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