Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Government’s foreign policy after the United States announced a 30-day waiver for India to procure oil from Russia, something Trump and his administration had rebuked New Delhi for months, and had imposed an additional 25 per cent tariff.
Reacting to the development, Gandhi said that India’s foreign policy should be shaped by the will of its people and rooted in the country’s history and values.
“What we are witnessing today is not policy. It is the result of the exploitation of a compromised individual," he said in a post on X.
India’s foreign policy emerges from the collective will of our people. It should be rooted in our history, our geography, and our spiritual ethos based on Satya and Ahimsa.
What we are witnessing today is not policy.
It is the result of the exploitation of a compromised…https://t.co/GEO4MY6hzu
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi)March 6, 2026
Gandhi also shared a video of his earlier speech in the Lok Sabha, where he argued that India’s energy security was at risk and claimed that Washington was effectively deciding from whom India could buy oil.
“The US will tell us who we can or cannot buy oil from — if it’s Russia or Iran, the US will decide. But our prime minister will not decide," he had said in the speech.
Additionally, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that the US decision to “allow" India to buy Russian oil for 30 days showed that the government was “continuously ceding diplomatic space."
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