Hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that 25% tariffs and a penalty would be levied on India, Opposition parties on Wednesday (July 30, 2025) targeted the Narendra Modi government’s diplomacy. The Congress said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should explain how his government planned on navigating the “perilous situation”.
“After the U.S. has slapped India with 25% tariffs, will the PM now grow a spine and stand up to Trump? By staying silent on Trump’s ceasefire statements and his warmth towards Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir, PM Modi made the grave miscalculation of trying to appease Trump in the hope that India will receive a favourable trade deal,” Congress general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal said in a post on social media platform on X.
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“This completely exposes how the Modi government has compromised our national security and sovereignty by linking it to trade. We demand a clear explanation from the PM himself on how the Government plans to navigate this perilous situation they have landed us in,” Mr. Venugopal said.
Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary D. Raja, in a post on X, said President Trump had talked 30 times about mediating the ceasefire between India and Pakistan using trade as leverage, yet the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had remained silent.
