Soon after Trump announced a penalty of another 25 per cent on India for buying Russian oil, the former Congress president said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should not let Indian interests be overridden.

Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday called US President Donald Trump's extra 25 per cent tariff on India an "economic blackmail" to bully New Delhi into an unfair trade deal."Trump’s 50% tariff is economic blackmail - an attempt to bully India into an unfair trade deal.

Gandhi’s statement comes a day after US President Donald Trump reiterated his intention to levy a tariff on Indian goods “very substantially” higher than the earlier announced 25% tariff.

After the imposition of an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods entering the US, the Congress on Wednesday called the action "unjust" and "economic blackmail" aimed at bullying India into an unfair trade deal,

This is the first time Gandhi has linked the US tariff threats with the Adani Group matter, even as there is no direct connection between the two.

Rahul Gandhi accused PM Modi of not opposing Donald Trump's tariff threats because of a US probe into Adani. Trump had warned India over Russian oil trade. India defended its right to buy oil freely.

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Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has launched a sharp attack on PM Modi for avoiding a direct denial of Donald Trump's repeated claims that the U.S. mediated a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. Gandhi questioned why Modi refuses to name Trump in Parliament,