New Delhi/IBNS, July 31 -- In a bid to corner the Modi government, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday backed US President Donald Trump's statement where he called the Indian economy "dead".

Weaponsing Trump's statement, Rahul, who is the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, took a jibe at the Modi government.

Trump on Wednesday announced a 25 percent tariff on imports from India and an added penalty starting on August 1.

The President wrote on Truth Social, "Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because their Tariffs are far too high, among the highest in the World, and they have the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary Trade Barriers of any Country.

"Also, they ha...