New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid chaos over the Trump administration doubling the tariff imposition on goods from India to 50 per cent, calling it a "foreign policy disaster".

He said that Trump's 50 per cent tariffs come at a time when Indian diplomacy is "disastrously dithering."

"You can't even blame this foreign policy disaster on the 70 years of Congress," Kharge posed on X, adding that the Prime Minister failed to negotiate a trade deal with the US.

"Now, Trump is intimidating and coercing us - but you keep quiet," he said.

"India's exports to the US amount to about Rs 7.51 lakh crore (2024). A blanket 50 per cent tariff means an economic burden ...