The Congress on Saturday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after US President Donald Trump claimed that his “good friend” had assured him that India would reduce oil imports from Russia.

In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “President Trump has yet again said he has been assured by his good friend that India will cut back on its imports of oil from Russia. But that good friend suddenly becomes a Mauni Baba whenever President Trump says he stopped Operation Sindoor and now when he says that India will reduce its imports of oil from Russia.”

Ramesh further cited trade figures to question the government’s foreign policy priorities, pointing out that India’s trade deficit with China had widened in the first half of the current fiscal year. “Meanwhile, Ind

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