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NEW DELHI: Linking the mounting commercialized tensions betwixt India and United States with the seizure of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro successful the CIA-led operation, Maharashtra's erstwhile main curate Prithviraj Chavan connected Friday asked: "Will Trump kidnap our Prime Minister?"Chavan said the cardinal authorities has been making an effort to diversify the proviso root to springiness a cushion to the exporters deed by the US President Donald Trump's 50 percent tariff connected India.
"With a 50 percent tariff, commercialized is simply not possible. In effect, this amounts to blocking India–US trade, particularly exports from India to the United States. Since a nonstop prohibition cannot beryllium imposed, tariffs person been utilized arsenic a instrumentality to halt trade. India volition person to carnivore this," Chavan said successful an interrogation to quality bureau IANS.He further said: "The profits that our radical earlier earned from exports to the US volition nary longer beryllium available.
We volition person to look for alternate markets, and efforts successful that absorption are already nether way"."The question past is: What next? Will thing similar what happened successful Venezuela hap successful India? Will Mr. Trump kidnap our Prime Minister?" Chavan asked.
Earlier successful the day, Chavan criticised the authorities for not taking a basal aft the US captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, saying specified an incidental could besides hap to India.
“Whatever has happened successful Venezuela is against the UN Charter. An elected president has been kidnapped. It's a precise sedate interest that it could hap to immoderate different state tomorrow. Tomorrow it tin hap to India,” Chavan said.“India has not spoken arsenic usual, not taken a basal connected the Venezuela matter. Russia and China person taken a basal and criticised what America has done. The aforesaid happening happened successful the Ukraine war. We did not instrumentality immoderate side.
We did not instrumentality a basal connected the Israel-Hamas matter, and present present we are, truthful frightened of Americans that we are not adjacent trying to criticise what has happened,” helium added.However, the ministry of outer affairs connected Sunday reiterated India’s enactment for the information and well-being of radical successful Venezuela arsenic the concern successful the state remains tense aft the US strikes."Recent developments successful Venezuela are a substance of heavy concern.
We are intimately monitoring the evolving situation," the MEA said successful a statement.Trump connected Monday issued a caller tariff informing to India, saying Washington could rise duties connected New Delhi if it does not “help connected Russian lipid issue,” straight linking the menace to the ongoing Russia–Ukraine war.“We could rise tariffs connected India if they don't person assistance connected Russian lipid issue,” said US President Trump, quoted by Reuters.US President Donald Trump added, "They wanted to marque maine happy, basically...
PM Modi's a precise bully man. He's a bully guy. He knew I was not happy. It was important to marque maine happy. They bash trade, and we tin rise tariffs connected them precise quickly..."Trump was referring to India’s continued lipid commercialized with Russia, a constituent his medication has repeatedly opposed, and which helium had cited arsenic the ground for doubling tariffs connected India to 50% successful August 2025.India is already facing the 50% tariff imposed by Trump, who has been sharply captious of New Delhi’s ties with Moscow and has alleged India of strengthening Russia successful the Ukraine warfare by purchasing Russian crude.
