New Delhi, March 6 -- Congress MP Manish Tewari on Friday questioned the Centre over sovereignty as the United States allowed a 30-day waiver for India to purchase Russian oil amid a crisis in the Gulf hampering shipping routes that pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday (local time) announced that the short-term measure to counter Iran during the conflict in West Asia, which has severely affected the Gulf countries supplying crude oil.

In an X post, Tewari asked if India required permission from the US to decide on its energy sources.

Slamming the US for its "neo-imperial arrogance," the Congress leader wrote, "'Issuing a 30-day waiver'- The sanctimonious language of condensation drips with ...