BJP leader Ram Madhav remarks 'expose' Centre’s ‘dangerous priorities’: CM Siddaramaiah

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being no more than the US President Donald Trump’s “puppet”, claiming senior BJP leader Ram Madhav’s recent remarks in the US had "exposed" the Modi government’s "dangerous" priorities.

Taking to social media platform 'X', Siddaramaiah shared a video of the RSS leader where Madhav said that India agreed to stop buying oil from Iran and Russia and also agreed to higher tariffs imposed by the US.

He claimed that Madhav's remarks in the USA have "exposed the Modi government's dangerous priorities".

Madhav along with RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale are on a visit to the United States and attended an event at the Hudson Institute in Washington.

"He (Ram Madhav) openly admitted that, despite facing opposition criticism, India stopped importing oil from Iran and Russia, absorbed heavy tariffs, and made concessions that hurt India’s economy and sovereignty - all to appease foreign powers," the chief minister said.

Siddaramaiah alleged that these are not diplomatic decisions - they are "brazen acts of self-surrender".

"As @RahulGandhi rightly said, this is the model of 'Rashtriya Surrender Sangh', where nationalism is a façade and servility is the reality," he claimed.

According to him, PM Modi’s silence in the face of Donald Trump’s mockery proved he was nothing more than Trump’s “puppet”.

"Unfortunately, the nation is paying the price for this compromised leadership," he added.

Madhav, however, later apologised saying what he said was “wrong as India did not agree to stop import of oil from Russia.

“What I said was wrong. India didn’t agree to stopping import of oil from Russia anytime.” “Also it vigorously protested 50 per cent tariff imposition. I was trying to make a limited counterpoint to the other panellist. But factually incorrect. My apologies,” Madhav said in a post on X while sharing his video on April 24.