‘Nothing could be further from truth’: Hardeep Puri slams Trump aide Navarro’s remark on India’s Russian oil purchases

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India on Monday hit back at the US' constant criticism of its purchase of Russian oil, with Union Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri asserting that New Delhi did not violate any rule. Slamming Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro's recent ‘laundromat’ remark on India, Puri said New Delhi's Russian oil purchase since the Ukraine war has helped stabilise global markets and keep prices in check. “Some critics allege that India has become a 'laundromat' for Russian oil. Nothing could be further from the truth,” he wrote in a signed article for The Hindu newspaper, without taking the name of Navarro. Referring...