Former Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal on Sunday hit out at former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan, calling his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s relationship with former US President Donald Trump a “cheap political blow.”

Sibal’s sharp criticism came in response to Rajan’s recent comments suggesting that Modi’s personal equation with Trump did not translate into meaningful gains for India, especially on trade and foreign policy fronts. Advertisement

Without naming Rajan directly, Sibal wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “Why attempt such a cheap political blow? It is unworthy of the person resorting to it. Trump’s tariff spree has nothing to do with friendship. It is based on obsessive self-interest. Trump has not spared his close allies, leave aside his ‘frie

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