Just as Donald Trump continues to claim that India will significantly reduce buying the Russian oil by year-end and that “PM Narendra Modi” personally assured him about it, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor hit out at the United States President for making announcements on behalf of New Delhi.

Speaking to ANI, Tharoor asked President Trump not to announce India's decisions to the world, as New Delhi does not speak for Washington DC.

Earlier on Wednesday, October 22, (US local time), Donald Trump claimed that India will significantly reduce Russian oil imports by year-end, citing PM Narendra Modi's “assurance”.

Trump said the phase-out of Russian oil imports would be gradual, adding that India would reduce its purchases “to almost nothing” by the end of the year.

“ India, as you know, told me

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