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Shashi Tharoor dismissed Donald Trump’s comment calling India a “dead economy,” stating, “That is not the case.”
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi (Photo: PTI)
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday dismissed Donald Trump’s ‘India a dead economy’ remark, and said that was not the case, a day after Rahul Gandhi said the US President is right in saying that the Indian economy is “dead”.
Tharoor’s remark came as he spoke to reporters on the arrest of two Malayali nuns in Chhattisgarh, and was asked if what Trump said on India’s economy was correct.
The Thiruvananthapuram MP was asked about Trump’s remark as he had led one of the all-party delegations to relevant world capitals, to put forth India’s stance against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and India’s ‘Operation Sindoor’ against terror infrastructures in Pakistan.
“No, not at all. That is not the case, and we all know it,” Shashi Tharoor said of Trump’s remark.
A day before, Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of the government backfired as his party colleagues and allies took an opposite stand, soon after he lashed out at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government and claimed that the BJP has ruined the economy to benefit some people.
“Yes, he is right,” Rahul Gandhi had said, referring to Trump’s ‘India is a dead economy’ remark.
“Everybody knows this except the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister. Everybody knows that the Indian economy is a dead economy. I am glad that President Trump has stated a fact. The entire world knows that the Indian economy is a dead economy. BJP has finished the economy to help Adani,” he had alleged.
The same day, Tharoor had slammed the United States’ imposition of a 25 per cent tariff and penalties on India as a “bargaining tactic” and asserted that “we must give strong support to our negotiators” to find the best possible deal.
Tharoor, however, added that if a good deal is not possible, “we may have to walk away”.
Tharoor also took a swipe at the US, stating that it works with Pakistan to develop “oil reserves”and they may have “some illusions” on finding oil in Pakistan, for which he wishes them luck.
“We were all one country at one time. I have not seen any reports that there was a great deal of oil to be found in what is today Pakistan,” Tharoor told reporters in the Parliament House complex.
“But the Americans want to look, so let them look. We found some oil in Bombay High, and we found some oil in Assam. But we are importing 86 per cent of the gas needs. So we don’t know how much they are going to find,” he said.
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Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
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