Taking a swipe at the Modi government, the Congress on Tuesday (October 21) said the issue of India’s oil imports from Russia had been raised by US President Donald Trump thrice in the past five days, and that he had “brushed aside” the attempts of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to deny any conversation in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi allegedly promised to halt Russian oil imports.

The Opposition party’s assertion came after Trump warned that India would face massive tariffs if it continued to buy oil from Russia, reiterating that he had received assurances from Prime Minister Modi that New Delhi would stop its oil purchases from Moscow.

Congress hits out at the govt

Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said, "The matter of India’s imports o

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