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Jairam Ramesh, Congress wide caput in-charge communications
NEW DELHI: Congress wide caput Jairam Ramesh connected Monday took a swipe astatine Prime Minister Narendra Modi aft US President Donald Trump announced an "immediate" India-US commercialized woody from Washington, adding New Delhi would determination to chopped tariffs and non-tariff barriers connected American goods portion the US reduces reciprocal tariffs connected India.In a station connected X, Ramesh alleged that cardinal announcements impacting India, including the halt of Operation Sindoor, updates connected India’s crude purchases from Russia and Venezuela, and present the commercialized woody itself, were being made from the US capital. "He announced the halt of Op Sindoor from Washington DC. He announced the updates connected India’s lipid purchases from Russia and Venezuela from Washington. He’s present announced an India-US Trade Deal from Washington, the afloat details of which are awaited," helium wrote."President Trump intelligibly seems to person immoderate leverage implicit Prime Minister Modi," helium wrote, adding that the Prime Minister appeared "mortified of adjacent being seen with him", successful an evident notation to PM Modi’s earlier nationalist bonhomie with Trump.Ramesh suggested that Modi had "capitulated" and questioned whether the statement could beryllium “the begetter of each deals”, utilizing the Bollywood catchphrase “Mogambo Khush Hai” to underline the attack.
"President Trump intelligibly seems to person immoderate leverage implicit Prime Minister Modi - who is present mortified of adjacent being seen with him, fto unsocial prosecute successful the accustomed bout of hugs. It appears Mr. Modi has capitulated finally. Surely this cannot beryllium the begetter of each deals. In Washington intelligibly Mogambo Khush Hai," helium said.
The Congress leader's remarks came minutes aft Trump, successful his Truth Social post, said India had agreed to halt buying Russian lipid and would bargain “much more” from the US and perchance Venezuela, arguing the displacement would assistance extremity the Russia-Ukraine war.
He besides said the US would little reciprocal tariffs from 25% to 18% and that India would determination to trim its tariffs and non-tariff barriers against the US to “zero”.Later, PM Modi thanked Trump for the tariff announcement. In a station connected X, the Prime Minister said helium was “delighted” that Made successful India products would get a reduced tariff of 18%, and thanked the US President “on behalf of the 1.4 cardinal radical of India” for the “wonderful announcement”.
