New Delhi [India], July 30 : After US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday a 25 per cent tariff and additional penalty on India, Congress MP Manickam Tagore said on Wednesday it is the failure of the Modi government, stressing that India should not surrender before the Americans on their terms.
Speaking to ANI, Tagore asserted that Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi has been warning of the same things.
"It is a failure of the government of Mr Modi. We can see from yesterday itself and LoP Rahul Gandhi has been warning of the same kind of things. He has been saying that the way we have been dealing with our foreign policy, we have fumbled it, and the EAM has failed it... We should not surrender before the Americans on their terms," the Congress MP said.
US President Trump today said that ndia will pay a 25 per cent tariff and an additional penalty for the trade deficit.
Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said the tariffs will begin on August 1.
He accused India of having high tariffs, tough trade barriers, and buying most of its military and energy supplies from Russia. Trump said these actions are "not good" at a time when the world wants Russia to stop the war in Ukraine.
"Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because their Tariffs are far too high, among the highest in the World, and they have the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary Trade Barriers of any Country," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
"Also, they have always bought a vast majority of their military equipment from Russia, and are Russia's largest buyer of ENERGY, along with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to STOP THE KILLING IN UKRAINE - ALL THINGS NOT GOOD! INDIA WILL THEREFORE BE PAYING A TARIFF OF 25%, PLUS A PENALTY FOR THE ABOVE, STARTING ON AUGUST 1st. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. MAGA!", the US President said.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh hit out at the government, saying all the praise by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has meant little and he should "stand up to the US President".
"President Trump has slapped a tariff of 25% plus penalty on imports from India. All that taarif between him and Howdy Modi has meant little," the Congress leader posted on X.
"Mr. Modi thought that if he kept quiet on the insults that the US President has hurled on India -- the 30 claims of stopping Op Sindoor, the special lunch for the Pakistan Army Chief whose inflammatory remarks provided the immediate backdrop to the brutal Pahalgam terror attacks, and US support for financial packages to Pakistan from the IMF and the World Bank --- India would get special treatment at the hands of President Trump. Clearly that has NOT happened," he added.
Jairam Ramesh said PM Modi "should take inspiration from Indira Gandhi and stand up to the US President."