“Despite being part of the Quad, India withstood US pressure and bought cheap oil from Russia to facilitate its people,” Imran Khan tweeted on Saturday. “Our government was trying to achieve this through an independent foreign policy.”
Despite being a part of the Quad, India sustained strain from the US and acquired discounted Russian oil to supply aid to the plenty. This is what our authorities was working to attain with the assistance of an impartial international coverage.
Despite being a part of the Quad, India sustained strain from the US and acquired discounted Russian oil to supply aid to the plenty. This is what our authorities was working to attain with the assistance of an impartial international coverage.
1/2 pic.twitter.com/O7O8wFS8jn— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) May 21, 2022
Weeks after he was ousted as prime minister of Pakistan following a no-confidence vote, Khan stated that this authorities, too, was working in the direction of shopping for discounted Russian oil to “provide relief to the masses”.
“This is what our government was working to achieve with the help of an independent foreign policy,” he wrote.
After retail inflation surged to an eight-year excessive this month, the Center Saturday introduced a collection of measures — together with a discount in excise obligation on petrol by Rs 8 per liter and on diesel by Rs 6 per litre.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated the reduce in excise obligation on gasoline has a income implication of Rs 1 lakh crore a 12 months and urged state governments to observe swimsuit.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
