Patna, Sept. 1 -- Congress leader Pawan Khera on Monday criticised White House Adviser Peter Navarro's "Brahmin" remark to justify US tariffs on India, and called it 'baseless'.

Speaking to ANI, Pawan Khera said, "America should not make baseless statements like this."

Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress MP Sagarika Ghose said that the term "Brahmin" is currently used to describe the social or economic "elites" in Britain.

She further mentioned that the term "Boston Brahmin" was once used in the US, referring to the wealthy elite of New England.

"'Boston Brahmin' was once a widely used term in the US to refer to the American New England wealthy elite. "Brahmin" is still a term used in the English-speaking world to denote social or economic ...