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NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha person of absorption Rahul Gandhi connected Thursday lashed retired astatine Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of being "frightened" of Donald Trump, hours aft the US President claimed that the PM has "assured him that India would halt buying Russian oil".The Congress person said the Prime Minister "keeps sending congratulatory messages contempt repeated snubs". "PM Modi is frightened of Trump. 1. Allows Trump to determine and denote that India volition not bargain Russian oil. 2. Keeps sending congratulatory messages contempt repeated snubs. 3. Cancelled the Finance Minister’s sojourn to America. 4. Skipped Sharm el-Sheikh. 5. Doesn’t contradict him connected Operation Sindoor," Rahul Gandhi wrote connected X.
Earlier, his enactment attacked PM Modi for "compromising the country's dignity", calling Russia India's adjacent ally. "Don’t harm the country's relationships conscionable to amended idiosyncratic ‘friendly ties," said Congress. "
Narendra Modi
has erstwhile again compromised the country’s dignity. According to Trump, bowing to his choler and threats, Modi assured that India would halt buying lipid from Russia. One happening is wide – Narendra Modi is simply a anemic Prime Minister, and his actions person unsettled the nation’s overseas policy.
Russia has ever been a adjacent state of India. Don’t harm the country’s relationships conscionable to amended idiosyncratic ‘friendly ties'," Congress posted connected X.
Trump claimed connected Wednesday that PM Modi has assured him that India volition halt buying Russian oil, months aft helium imposed punitive tariffs implicit the purchases."He's assured maine determination volition beryllium nary lipid purchased from Russia," Trump said. "You know, you can't bash it immediately.
It's a small spot of a process, but the process is going to beryllium implicit with soon," helium added.Responding to ANI's question whether helium views India arsenic a reliable partner, Trump said: "Yeah, sure. He's (PM Narendra Modi) a person of mine. We person a large relationship.. I was not blessed that India was buying oil. And helium assured maine contiguous that they volition not beryllium buying lipid from Russia. That's a large stop. Now we've got to get China to bash the aforesaid thing.""He's a person of mine. We person a large relationship. He conscionable said that 2 days ago, arsenic you know," the Republican person added. Meanwhile, Russia remains India's single-largest root of oil, accounting for 34% of inbound shipments successful September, though volumes person slipped 10% successful the archetypal 8 months of 2025, according to commodities and shipping markets tracker Kpler.The agency’s latest study pegs India’s crude imports successful September astatine much than 4.5 cardinal bpd (barrels per day).This is an summation of 70,000 barrels implicit August but level erstwhile compared to the year-ago period, says the report, adding Russian lipid accounted for a tad nether 1.6 cardinal bpd, oregon 34% of crude imports. India’s wide crude imports successful October person broadly remained successful enactment with expectations astatine 1.6 cardinal bpd. However, Russian crude shipments person seen a driblet of 180,000 from the mean volumes imported during the archetypal 8 months of 2025, says the report.The driblet successful the imports is purely driven by marketplace dynamics and not due to the fact that of US tariff menace and European disapproval against India’s continued acquisition of those barrels.
