A selfie taken inside a moving SUV carrying Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin has intensified scrutiny of Washington’s approach to India, sparking pointed criticism in a US congressional hearing over President Donald Trump’s foreign-policy strategy.

Waving the now-viral image, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove issued a stark warning that the United States was responsible for pushing India closer to Russia. Calling the image “worth a thousand words", she said: “Trump’s policies towards India can only be described as cutting our nose to spite our face." She also accused the current administration of damaging “strategic trust and mutual understanding" between the two countries.

“You do not get a Nobel Peace Prize by driving US strategic partners into the arm

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