Aatmanirbhar Bharat successful because India stayed out of RCEP: Mahajan

We are not against foreign trade, and neither are we against agreements. But we need to ensure that whatever agreements we sign with other countries are in the best interests of our country, he said

Aatmanirbhar Bharat could succeed because India opted out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Ashwani Mahajan, national co-convenor of Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated organisation, tells Shreyas Ubgade in an interview in New Delhi. He further says the SJM is not against all free trade agreements. Edited excerpts:

While framing the manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls, will the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) consider the SJM’s feedback?
 

After understanding the fault lines of globalisation and the ‘Washington Consesus’ on which NK Singh has written, 

the government has come out with Aatmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) campaign, which is