Huglomacy, photo-ops meant little: Congress on India-US interim trade pact
The Congress on Saturday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the interim trade agreement with the US, claiming the deal is stacked heavily against India and all the "huglomacy and photo-ops" have not amounted to much.
Slamming the government, the opposition party cited a White House release which said the US will now monitor whether India is importing oil from Russia, and said "Naam Narender, Kaam Surrender".
Congress general secretary in charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, said the US-India joint statement just issued is silent on details.
"But from what has been revealed, it is clear that: India will no longer import oil from Russia. Separately, the US has announced that a 25 per cent penalty could be reimposed if India buys oil directly or indirectly from Russia," Ramesh said on X.
It has also been revealed that India will slash import duties to help American farmers at the cost of Indian farmers, Ramesh claimed.
"India's annual imports from the USA will trip