India, Aug. 8 -- After US President Donald Trump's recent "dead economy" barb against India amid the ongoing tariff row, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that the Republican leader has provoked the wrong country.

In an interview with India Today, the Congress MP slammed the US President for targeting New Delhi with what he called "insulting language" and called India a "wrong target" for Trump.

"Trump is famous for his unconventional techniques. He will say and do anything to make a deal he wants. He may have picked the wrong target for insulting language," the Thiruvananthapuram MP said.

Calling Trump a "schoolyard bully", Tharoor said, "India's self-respect was sacrosanct and simply not up for bargaining."

"I don't believe it is righ...