CPI lauds Centre's stand on crude oil purchase from Russia
However, he said that while the government refines and exports this oil to foreign nations, it has failed to provide petroleum products like diesel and petrol at reduced prices to its own citizens. 'This reflects a profit-driven motive, with no regard for the hardships of the common people', he said in a release issued here, while demanding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi redirect the profits gained from refining and exporting Russian crude oil to the people by reducing fuel prices.
Thanking the Ministry of External Affairs for maintaining country's long-standing friendship with Russia, which, he said 'dated back to the Soviet era', Mr. Narayana recalled Russia's support to India during critical moments, including the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, when Soviet submarines came in support of the Indian forces.
India must defend its sovereign rights and reject the hypocritical approach of the United States, he concluded.
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