New Delhi, April 3 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant on Thursday said that the Centre must take a "tough stand" against the US administration's imposition of a 26 per cent "reciprocal tariff" on India.

Speaking to ANI, Sawant said, "He (Donald Trump) says one term, 'great man,' and they (BJP) start beating drums. Look at what the US has reduced the 'great man' to. We will have to take a tough stand."

"Despite having an expert as the Minister of External Affairs, the US continues to ridicule us time and again. Look at how the European Union stands against it. Seeing them, we should understand what self-respect truly means," the Shiv Sena (UBT) MP said.

Trump on Wednesday (local US time) announced reciprocal tariffs on several countrie...