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During his speech, Gandhi took a jibe at the central government and the Minister of Petroleum, Hardeep Puri, for allegedly compromising India's stance on buying oil.

War of words between Rahul Gandhi and Hardeep Singh
The Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, launched a sharp attack on the Central government over the US waiver to India to buy Crude oil from Russia, amid the deepening Middle East Crisis. He also took a jibe at the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri by calling him compromised.
Speaking in Parliament, Gandhi said, "The foundation of every single nation is its energy security. Allowing the United States to decide who we buy oil from, who we buy gas from, and whether we can buy oil from Russia or not... Our relationship with different oil suppliers can be decided by us. This is what has been bartered... Why would a nation the size of India allow any other nation, the President of another nation, to permit us to buy Russian oil? Gandhi first said.
Adding further to his tally, Gandhi mentioned, " I have figured the puzzle out, and the puzzle is about compromise. We have a gentleman sitting here who is the oil minister."
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Akash Chatterjee
Published On:
Mar 12, 2026 16:58 IST
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