RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday reacted to the US tariffs on India, by saying “there is no friendship under pressure”.
While speaking during an event in Delhi a day after the additional 25% US tariffs came into effect, Bhagwat said that the government will take its decisions on the Trump's tariff and that the RSS don't influence the government on such issues.
The RSS chief, without naming anyone, took a jibe at the US over the tariffs saying that the international trade should happen “without any boundation” and "not under pressure".
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"International trade is necessary and should happen... But it should not happen under any pressure. There is no friendship under pressure. It should be there without any boundation and through mutual choice. It should not be under pressure. We should not come under the pressure. I don't have to tell this individually,” Bhagwat said during the briefing.
He said that the RSS doesn't influence the government in such matters and added that the government knows what needed to be done.
{{/usCountry}}He said that the RSS doesn't influence the government in such matters and added that the government knows what needed to be done.
{{/usCountry}}“We don't influence the government to respond to this way or that according to what Trump says. They have to handle that. What they have to do, they will decide. Whatever they will do, it is necessary for everyone to support that. They have to decide what to do. They know how it is done. They will look after the hurdles,” he added.
The remarks from the RSS chief comes after the 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods imposed by the Donald Trump administration came into force on Wednesday. The move poses serious challenges for India's US-oriented exporters.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted that the government would shield small entrepreneurs, farmers, and livestock rearers.