New Delhi, March 6 -- Former Delhi CM and Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Friday demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi while criticising the Centre over the recent US waiver granted to Indian refiners to purchase oil from Russia.

In a post on X, Kejriwal questioned why India needed permission from the United States to buy oil from Russia. He alleged that in recent months the country had witnessed the Prime Minister repeatedly "bowing" before Donald Trump and failing to speak up strongly.

"Who is America to grant India permission to buy oil from Russia? Why does India even need permission from America? In the past few months, the countrymen have watched in great anguish as, one after another, at every step,...