Referring to the US tariff issue, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday stated that US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi could be friends, but alleged the latter has become “an enemy of the nation”.

Addressing reporters in Kalaburagi, the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha said Modi and Trump could be good to each other because they sought votes for one another. Kharge claimed the Modi-Donald Trump alliance had come at India’s cost. “He (Trump) and Modi can be friends, but Modi has become an enemy of the nation. He spoiled the atmosphere,” he alleged. Commenting on the impact the US tariff had on India, Kharge charged, “Trump imposed a huge tariff. After a 50 per cent tariff, he destroyed our people”.

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