India, April 23 -- India on Thursday strongly criticised Donald Trump's remarks made in a social media post referring to Indians as "hell-hole", calling them "uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste," hours after a clarification from the US embassy.

Without directly naming Donald Trump, the Ministry of External Affairs said the comments did not reflect the reality of bilateral ties.

"We have seen the comments, as also the subsequent statement issued by the US embassy in response. The remarks are obviously uninformed, inappropriate and in poor taste," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.

He added that such remarks "certainly do not reflect the reality of the India-US relationship, which has long been based on mutual respect and sh...