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New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has held Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi directly responsible for the steep 50% import tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on Indian goods, calling it a \u201cforeign policy disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, reacting to the development, Kharge posted on social media platform X, saying, \u201cTrump\u2019s 50 per cent tariffs come at a time when Indian diplomacy is disastrously dithering.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t even blame this foreign policy disaster on the 70 years of Congress,\u201d he said, adding that the Prime Minister failed to negotiate a trade deal with the US.<\/p>\n
Kharge gave a figure of Rs 3.75 lakh crore as burden on the Indian economy if 50% tariffs were imposed. He expressed worry specifically for smaller industry, agriculture, pharma and textiles, among others.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, Trump is intimidating and coercing us \u2013 but you keep quiet,\u201d he said, directly addressing to Modi.<\/p>\n
He further called out PM Modi for \u201ckeeping mum\u201d on claims made by Trump regarding a ceasefire between India and Pakistan.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on August 6 imposing an additional 25 per cent tariff on imports from India. Trump cited matters of national security and foreign policy concerns, specifically pointing to India\u2019s imports of Russian oil, directly or indirectly, as an \u201cunusual and extraordinary threat\u201d to the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has held Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi directly responsible for the steep 50% import tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on Indian goods, calling it a \u201cforeign policy disaster.\u201d According to Kashmir Media Service, reacting to the development, Kharge posted on social media platform X, saying, \u201cTrump\u2019s 50 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":180776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t