Updated On: 07 March, 2026 10:33 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
The BJP has hailed the US decision to grant a 30-day waiver allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil, calling it a success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s strategic diplomacy. The party also criticised Rahul Gandhi and the Congress for allegedly spreading misinformation about oil shortages

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After the US announced that it is issuing a temporary 30-day waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil, the BJP on Friday termed the development a success of the “strategic oil diplomacy” under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and said it’s a “big egg on the face of anti-India Rahul Gandhi and the Congress”.
The BJP also accused the Congress and Gandhi of creating panic by spreading “fake news on oil shortage”.