New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) leader Anand Dubey on Sunday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre for being "silent" on United States' President Donald Trump threatening a 25 per cent tariff along with a penalty on India for buying crude oil from Russia.

"Why is the government sleeping? US President Donald Trump has said it almost 40 times that he brokered the ceasefire between India and Pakistan. Now he (Trump) is saying that our relations with India are not good as India buys fuel from Russia. Are we slaves? We would trade and talk, with whoever we want, we will have friends as we want. There is a huge difference between the populations of India and US," UBT's Dubey told ANI.

He further said that India has t...