New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- As the US slapped an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian imports, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Wednesday said that the country is now paying a price for 11 years of "self-projection" done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his image.

"Over the last 11 years, the track record of our foreign policy, diplomacy, the Prime Minister's own initiatives abroad, diaspora events, everything was targeted at projecting the Prime Minister and his image, not the country's interests. Here we are paying a price for 11 years of self-projection at the expense of the country...We hope that no negotiation which undermines our interests takes place," Khera told ANI.

Congress leader called the newly imposed tariffs "Pure and simpl...