India's Opposition Frames Data Sovereignty as AI Battleground in U.S. Trade Dispute
Rahul Gandhi accused the Modi government of handing India's data to the U.S. to fuel its AI dominance over China, framing data as geopolitical leverage in a rare political speech about AI.
India's Congress party, led by Rahul Gandhi, has reframed the country's trade relationship with the United States as an AI data sovereignty issue. In a rally speech amplified by the party's official account, Gandhi argued that "US needs India's data to fight China in AI" and accused Prime Minister Modi of having "handed all data to America" as part of broader trade concessions. The post collected over 4,000 likes.
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