India's foreign policy is the result of the "exploitation of a compromised individual", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday (March 6, 2026) while attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a day the U.S. announced a temporary waiver allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil.
The Congress and its president Mallikarjun Kharge echoed the sentiment in separate social media posts hitting out at the government on its foreign policy and for "continuously ceding diplomatic space".
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"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," Mr. Gandhi said in a post on X.
"What we are witnessing today is not policy. It is the result of the exploitation of a compromised individual," the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha said.
