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After the U.S. announced that it is issuing a impermanent 30-day waiver to let Indian refiners to acquisition Russian oil, the BJP connected Friday (March 6, 2026) termed the improvement a occurrence of the “strategic lipid diplomacy” nether Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and said it's a “big ovum connected the look of anti-India Rahul Gandhi and the Congress”.
The BJP besides accused the Congress and Gandhi of creating panic by spreading “fake quality connected lipid shortage”.
“Rahul Gandhi and Congress hatred seeing India enactment with strategical restraint and strategical clarity nether Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” BJP nationalist spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said successful a station connected X.
Amid the escalating struggle with Iran, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said connected Thursday (March 5, 2026), "President (Donald) Trump's vigor docket has resulted successful lipid and state accumulation reaching the highest levels ever recorded. To alteration lipid to support flowing into the planetary market, the Treasury Department is issuing a impermanent 30-day waiver to let Indian refiners to acquisition Russian oil.”
“India is an indispensable spouse of the United States, and we afloat expect that New Delhi volition ramp up purchases of U.S. oil. This stop-gap measurement volition alleviate the unit caused by Iran's effort to instrumentality planetary vigor hostage,” Mr. Bessent said successful a station connected X.
This “deliberately short-term measure” volition not supply important fiscal payment to the Russian government, arsenic it lone authorises transactions involving lipid already stranded astatine sea, Mr. Bessent said.
Welcoming the development, Mr. Bhandari said, “A large ovum connected the look of anti-India Rahul Gandhi and Congress, which wanted to make panic by spreading fake quality connected ‘oil shortage’!” “Yet again India's strategical lipid diplomacy nether PM Narendra Modi succeeds!” the BJP spokesperson added.
Mr. Bhandari besides lashed retired astatine Congress person Jairam Ramesh for his comments connected the U.S. waiver, and said the main Opposition party's “conspiracy” to provoke India to marque a mistake volition not succeed.
Taking a swipe astatine the Modi authorities aft the U.S. announced the impermanent waiver, the Congress asked till erstwhile this “American blackmail” volition continue.
In a station successful rhyming successful Hindi connected X, Mr. Ramesh said, “Trump ka naya khel, Dilli dost ko kaha, Putin se le sakte ho tel, kab tak chalega ye Ameriki blackmail? (Trump's caller game; told his person successful Delhi you tin instrumentality lipid from Putin; however agelong volition this American blackmail continue?).” Hitting back, Mr. Bhandari asked Ramesh to halt spreading “fake news”.
“You person a past of selling sovereignty. That's what Gandhi-Vadra and compromised Congress did for 70 years,” the BJP spokesperson said successful a abstracted X post.
“Facts: India has been buying Russian oil; determination has been nary disruption! You should reply wherefore successful 2013 you begged the United States for an objection to sanctions for the acquisition of Iranian oil,” Mr. Bhandari added.
