US reprieve on Russian oil leads to political slugfest

Officials: No other nation determines India’s oil purchase

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Opposition parties Friday accused the government of ceding diplomatic space after the US announced a temporary waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil, a step that the ruling BJP hailed as a success of “strategic oil diplomacy” under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi alleged that India's foreign policy was a result of the “exploitation of a compromised individual”, an attack on Prime Minister Modi.

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”.