New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after US President Donald Trump reiterated his "India agreed to stop Russia oil purchase" claims for the "fourth time in six days".

In a post on X, Ramesh said that PM Modi acknowledged his conversation with Trump, but only to inform that the latter extended greetings for Diwali. However, he added, Trump has revealed that they also discussed India's oil imports from Russia, where PM Modi assured him that they would be "stopped".

"The PM has finally acknowledged publicly that President Trump called him up and that the two spoke to each other. But all that the PM has said is that the US President extended Diwali greetings. Bu...