The Congress party today criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi over US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims about India’s oil imports from Russia.

Jairam Ramesh, Congress general secretary,questioned the government’s stance, pointing out that while PM Modi acknowledged Trump’s Diwali greetings, he remained silent on the US President’s assertions about India stopping oil imports from Russia.

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“While Mr. Modi conceals, Mr. Trump reveals,” Ramesh said on X, highlighting the apparent discrepancy between the two leaders’ versions of their conversation. According to Ramesh, Trump has now mentioned India’s oil imports from Russia four times in six days, including his latest statement that PM Modi assured him India would stop importing Russian oil.

The controversy began when

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