New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday slammed the Centre after the Trump administration imposed a USD 100,000 annual charge for H-1B visas and said that the move will affect the "brightest minds" from India.

Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gogoi said that his "strategic silence and loud optics" have become a liability for the nation.

Sharing an X post, the Congress MP wrote, "With the recent decision on H1-B visas the American government have hit at the future of the best and brightest minds from India. I still remember the boldness of former PM Manmohan Singh when one IFS lady diplomat was insulted in the US. Now PM Modi's preference for strategic-silence and loud optics has become a liability for th...