CM accuses Modi of ‘surrendering’ to U.S.

Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “meekly surrendering to the US”, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday demanded that the Prime Minister resign for the good of the nation.

“Mr. Narendra Modi has repeatedly demonstrated that he is incompetent and incapable of defending and maintaining India’s sovereignty and dignity,” the Prime Minister said in a social media post.

“For the US to now openly say that it will ‘allow’ India to buy Russian oil for 30 days is extremely insulting. No foreign government should be in a position to give or deny India permission to manage its economy. But India finds itself in this situation under Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he said.

“Donald Trump speaks like the acting prime minister of India, while Narendra Modi appears reduced to a puppet merely following instructions. The prime minister of a sovereign republic cannot allow such a situation to arise.” he continued.

“This pattern is now impossible to ignore. Trump has repeatedly claimed the ceasefire in Operation Sindoor, but we have heard no strong pushback from Prime Minister Modi. The US is telling India not to buy Iranian oil and the Modi Government is complying. Oil imports from Russia are being cracked down on – India is reducing imports. Now the US has announced that Indian refiners are ‘allowed’ to buy Russian oil for only 30 days.”

“Ironically, while RSS-BJP leaders continue to demand the removal of the words secular and socialist from the Constitution, ‘sovereignty’ itself appears to have been abolished in practice under their rule,” he continued.

“India must speak with its own voice in the world. At a time when the world is torn apart by war and bloodshed, India must demonstrate moral leadership and independent thought, guided by our own history,” he argued.