New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his administration's economic and diplomatic posture toward the United States, redefining the acronym NOTA as "Narendra's Ongoing Trump Appeasement" and alleging that the Centre has capitulated to American pressure by ending zero-MDR on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions.

Taking to social media platform X, the Rajya Sabha MP flagged that the United States is advancing legislation that imposes steep trade penalties on Indian exports while simultaneously tightening visa regulations for Indian tech professionals.

"Tomorrow, the US House of Representatives votes on a Bill that introduces 100% tarif...