New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Congress leader P Chidambaram has asserted that India should be able to buy oil from any source, wherever it is available. The senior Congress leader was responding to a question on the US President Donald Trump's statement on India's oil imports, in which he alleged that India's oil purchases from Russia have declined sharply due to the US threat.

Speaking to ANI, the Congress MP asserted that India should be able to buy oil from any source, wherever it is available.

"I don't know the implications. I don't know what understanding has arrived at between India and the United States. We should buy oil wherever it's available, whether it's Russia, Venezuela, or whatever," Chidambaram told ANI.

However, the former Fina...