New Delhi, May 24 -- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday targeted the Modi government over US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's remarks that India has committed to purchasing USD 500 billion in US goods over the next five years and asked why it has not renounced the "anti-people, dangerous trade deal" with the United States like some other countries have done.

In a post on X, Jairam Ramesh said that the Indian rupee has lost 12% of its value against the US dollar over the past 12 months and asked if the surge in imports from the US would not further cause the rupee to depreciate.

He took a "compromised" jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and alleged that he was going the " extra mile "to appease" US President Donald Trump.

Jairam ...