New Delhi, March 6 -- Chairman of Congress' Media and Publicity Department, Pawan Khera, on Friday lashed out at the Centre after the United States said it had allowed a 30-day waiver for New Delhi to purchase Russian oil amid shipping routes passing through the Strait of Hormuz being hampered.

Speaking to ANI, Pawan Khera called the 30-day waiver "alms" for India.

"When is a waiver given? When someone is bound by an agreement. Has the agreement been signed? When there is no agreement, what is the need for a waiver? They have given us 30 days' worth of alms, and they (BJP) are celebrating," the Congress leader said.

This comes after the US Treasury Secretary's X post, where he announced that the department has issued a 30-day waiver al...