New Delhi, April 3 -- Congress MP Manish Tewari on Thursday urged the Centre to develop "a spine" and stand up to the US, which imposed 26 per cent tariffs on goods from India. The Congress leader said that the tariffs on India represented "abject failure" of the negotiations between the two countries.

"It represents an abject failure of the negotiations that were taking place between the US and the govt of India," Tewari told ANI.

"The US has imposed tariffs, expelling our students, and cancelling visas without any provocation, and the govt is absolutely silent... The government needs to develop a spine and stand up to the US," he added.

Congress' Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Surjewala also expressed concern and criticised Prime Minister Na...