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India's overseas argumentation is the effect of the "exploitation of a compromised individual", Congress person Rahul Gandhi said connected Friday (March 6, 2026) portion attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected a time the U.S. announced a impermanent waiver allowing Indian refiners to acquisition Russian oil.
The Congress and its president Mallikarjun Kharge echoed the sentiment successful abstracted societal media posts hitting retired astatine the authorities connected its overseas argumentation and for "continuously ceding diplomatic space".
"India's overseas argumentation emerges from the corporate volition of our people. It should beryllium rooted successful our history, our geography, and our spiritual ethos based connected Satya and Ahimsa," Mr. Gandhi said successful a station connected X.
"What we are witnessing contiguous is not policy. It is the effect of the exploitation of a compromised individual," the Leader of Opposition successful Lok Sabha said.
He besides shared his February 11 code successful the Lok Sabha during the treatment connected the fund wherever helium spoke astir India's vigor information being compromised. "The U.S. volition archer america who we tin oregon cannot bargain lipid from, if it's Russia oregon Iran, the U.S. volition decide. But our Prime Minister volition not decide," Mr. Gandhi had said.
As the struggle successful West Asia escalates, the U.S. said it is issuing a impermanent 30-day waiver to let Indian refiners to acquisition Russian oil. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said this "deliberately short-term measure" volition not supply important fiscal payment to the Russian authorities arsenic it lone authorises transactions involving lipid already stranded astatine sea.
The Congress besides shared Mr. Gandhi's code successful its X post.
"The impervious is present to beryllium seen - and the soundlessness of the compromised Prime Minister is shameful," the enactment said.
Mr. Kharge alleged successful his station that India's strategical autonomy and nationalist sovereignty is nether dire menace "because PM Modi is getting blackmailed connected Epstien Files and Adani Case".
"The US proclamation to 'allow' and assistance america 'permission' to bargain Russian oil, arsenic a 'waiver for 30-days' intelligibly demonstrates Modi Government is continuously ceding diplomatic space.”
"This is the benignant of connection which is utilized for sanctioned states, and not India, who has been a liable and an adjacent spouse successful planetary order," the Congress main said successful his lengthy post.
"Now, the US grants India a "temporary 30-day waiver" and "allows" Indian refineries to bargain Russian oil. From commercialized to oil, from information to India's semipermanent relationships with affable countries, Modi ji SURRENDERED it all.”
India, helium said, has a arrogant grounds of chartering its ain destiny and 1 that has remained unblemished until now.
"From Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi to adjacent Atal Bihari Vajpayee - No Prime Minister has buckled nether unit of immoderate state and made India a virtual vassal state, but Modi ji," helium said.
"'Main Desh Nahi Jhukne Doonga' was a specified slogan-cry to triumph elections. 140 Crore Indians basal betrayed. Modi ji SURRENDERED it all," Mr. Kharge alleged.
