In the backdrop of U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent remarks on his ties with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and tariffs, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (January 7, 2026) took a swipe at the government and posted an old video in which he had talked about how in 1971 then PM Indira Gandhi had withstood pressure from America.
Mr. Trump on Tuesday (January 6, 2026) said that Prime Minister Modi is “not that happy with me” because of the tariffs imposed by Washington on Delhi for its purchases of Russian oil.
Modi wants to make me happy, claims Trump, backs Senator claim that India cut Russian oil to bring tariffs down
Mr. Trump, delivering remarks at the House GOP Member Retreat, also claimed that “Prime Minister Modi came to see me, ‘Sir, may I see you please’. Yes.”
“I have a very good relationship with him. He's not that happy with me because you know they're paying a lot of tariffs now because they're not doing the oil, but they are, they've now reduced it very substantially, as you know, from Russia,” Mr. Trump said.
