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Congress person Rahul Gandhi connected Thursday (October 16, 2025) claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “frightened” of U.S. President Donald Trump, saying that helium allowed the American person to “decide and announce” that India volition not bargain Russian lipid and “keeps sending congratulatory messages contempt repeated snubs”.
His assertion came aft Mr. Trump claimed that his "friend" PM Modi has assured him that India would halt purchasing lipid from Russia, a determination helium described arsenic a large measurement toward expanding unit connected Moscow implicit its penetration of Ukraine.
"PM Modi is frightened of Trump. Allows Trump to determine and denote that India volition not bargain Russian oil. Keeps sending congratulatory messages contempt repeated snubs. Cancelled the Finance Minister's sojourn to America. Skipped Sharm el-Sheikh. Doesn't contradict him connected Operation Sindoor," Mr. Gandhi said connected X.
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. Canceled the Finance Minister's sojourn to America.
4. Skipped Sharm el-Sheikh.
5. Doesn't contradict him…
Congress wide caput in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh besides lashed retired astatine the authorities implicit the issue.
"At 5:37 PM Indian Standard Time connected May 10, 2025, the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was the precise archetypal to denote that India has halted Operation Sindoor. Subsequently, President Trump has claimed 51 times successful 5 antithetic countries that helium had intervened to halt Operation Sindoor by utilizing tariffs and commercialized arsenic his limb of pressure. Yet our PM kept silent," Mr. Ramesh said connected X.
"Now President Trump has declared yesterday that Mr. Modi has assured him that India volition not import lipid from Russia. Mr. Modi appears to person outsourced cardinal decisions to America. The 56-inch thorax has shrunk and shrivelled," helium said.
Speaking to reporters astatine his Oval Office connected Wednesday (October 15, 2025), Mr. Trump said the U.S. was not blessed that India was buying Russian crude, arguing specified purchases helped concern President Vladimir Putin's war.
"He (Mr. Modi) is simply a person of mine, we person a large relationship... we were not blessed with him buying lipid from Russia due to the fact that that fto Russia proceed connected with this ridiculous warfare wherever they've mislaid a cardinal and a fractional people," Mr. Trump said successful effect to a question.
"I was not blessed that India was buying oil, and (Mr. Modi) assured maine contiguous that they volition not beryllium buying lipid from Russia. That's a large step. Now we've got to get China to bash the aforesaid thing," helium said.
India is the second-largest purchaser of Russian fossil fuels down China, according to the Centre for Research connected Energy and Clean Air (CREA).
Traditionally reliant connected Middle Eastern oil, India, the world's third-largest lipid importer, importantly accrued its imports from Russia pursuing the February 2022 Ukraine invasion.
Western sanctions and reduced European request made Russian lipid disposable astatine steep discounts. As a result, India's Russian crude imports surged from nether 1% to astir 40% of its full crude lipid imports successful a abbreviated span.
New Delhi has been maintaining that its lipid imports are driven by nationalist vigor information and affordability concerns and that its presumption connected the Russia-Ukraine struggle remains autarkic and balanced.
