US President Donald Trump made a big announcement on social media platform Truth social, saying that a tariff of 25 percent will be implemented on India from August 1. Apart from this, India will also have to face additional penalty due to buying oil from Russia. Trump accused India of buying military equipment and energy from Russia, saying, “India will have to pay 25% tariffs and additional punishment.” After this announcement of Trump, the Congress has targeted the Modi government at the Center.

Congress attack – Modi government’s foreign policy fails
Reacting to this decision, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that this is a big setback for India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi should not be afraid because it is US blackmailing. In an interview to the news agency ANI, Jairam Ramesh said, ‘Praise was praised in praise. There was no benefit from ‘Houda Modi’ and ‘Namaste Trump’. Trump has already said 30 times that he stopped Operation Sindoor, then what did we get from it?

America becomes third major challenge: Jairam Ramesh
Ramesh further said, ‘Till now we used to think that Pakistan and China are the biggest challenges for us, but now America has also become the third big challenge. It will have a direct impact on engineering, pharma and business industry. The Prime Minister should not be afraid, this is America’s blackmailing.

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– ANI (@ani) July 30, 2025

Trump cannot decide where India to buy energy
Jairam Ramesh said that America cannot decide where India should buy its energy. He said, ‘The Prime Minister should have come to the Rajya Sabha today, but he did not come. Today both India’s economy and the Prime Minister have suffered a setback. We will continue to ask for answers from the government.

Questions raised on foreign policy: Pawan Kheda
Senior Congress leader Pawan Kheda also questioned the foreign policy of the Modi government. He told ANI, ‘What is left to say now? Till yesterday we were thinking that the Prime Minister would show courage and denote the false ceasefire claims of Trump. We felt that maybe they are afraid of business agreement, so they are silent. But now the trade agreement has also been revealed. What kind of foreign policy is this? ‘

The Center said – We will protect our farmers and MSMEs
After this whole incident, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on behalf of the Government of India issued a statement that the statement of the President of America has been taken into consideration and its effects are being studied. The ministry said that India and the US have been negotiating on a fair, balanced and mutually beneficial bilateral trade agreement for the last few months and India is committed to that goal.

The ministry also said that the government gives immense importance to the protection and encouragement of the welfare of our farmers, entrepreneurs and MSMEs. It will also be ensured that all necessary steps are taken to protect the national interests of the country, as recently in the Cast Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the UK.

America demands – pressure to open agriculture and dairy sector
According to the news, India was being pressurized by the US over several demands, including allowing remanufactured goods, opening agriculture and dairy sectors, genetically converted (GM) accepting feed, adopting American rules on digital trade and product standards. India’s agriculture and dairy sectors are associated with the livelihood of crores of people, so India objected to these demands.