New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh took a sharp jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he referred to the United States as India's "natural partner" in a reply to a post by US President Donald Trump. Ramesh questioned the nature of this partnership, especially after Trump's repeated claims about using trade as leverage in India-Pakistan relations.

Jairam Ramesh questioned the claims of 'natural partners' and posted on X, "Prime Minister Modi has told President Trump that India and the US are 'natural partners.' The question is now this: Are they so natural that President Trump has declared on over 35 different occasions that he brought about the India-Pakistan ceasefire on the evening of May 10th using trade as the ...