The Congress on Saturday (October 18, 2025) described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as mauni baba (silent monk) alleging that he remains silent when U.S. President Donald Trump claims India will reduce Russian oil imports or that Mr. Trump halted Operation Sindoor.
In a post on X, Congress communications chief Jairam Ramesh highlighted President Trump’s assertion that Mr. Modi, his “good friend”, assured that India would cut oil imports from Russia.
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“President Trump has yet again said that he has been assured by his good friend that India will cut back on its imports of oil from Russia. But that good friend suddenly becomes a Mauni Baba whenever President Trump says he stopped Operation Sindoor and now when he says that India will reduce its imports of oil from Russia,” Mr. Ramesh said in a post on X and shared President Trump’s latest statement.
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