Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, has strongly condemned the Trump administration's India policy as "reckless."
Addressing the House floor on Wednesday (US time), Dove expressed that she was raising "the alarm about the erosion of our strategic relationship with India at the hands of Donald Trump."
She blamed President Trump for adopting a "reckless foreign policy style" that has "unravelled decades of progress" in US-India ties "in mere months."
"This partnership is too important to be sacrificed by Trump's ego and Republican complicity. Trump must reverse course, make a deal and fix the damage that he has caused. He needs to get his act together on behalf of this country and our relationship with India," she added.
Dove also faulted Republicans for "refusing to bat for the US-India relationship when it matters most."
Her statement followed one day after Trump posted on Tuesday that his government has reinstated trade negotiations with India.
"I am pleased to announce that India, and the United States of America, are continuing negotiations to address the trade barriers between our two nations," he posted on Truth Social on Tuesday.
Trump also called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "very good friend" and said he would like to talk to him "in the coming weeks."
Reacting to Trump's statement, PM Modi took to X to reaffirm India-US strong relations and expressed hope regarding the ongoing trade talks.
"India and the US are close friends and natural partners. I am confident that our trade negotiations will pave the way for unlocking the limitless potential of the India-US partnership," PM Modi wrote on X.
After a spell of quiet, some Democratic legislators have started expressing support for closer US-India relations.
On Tuesday, US Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, also condemned Trump's strategy, calling the recent escalation of tensions between the two countries "unfortunate."
Addressing the Council on Foreign Relations, a Washington think tank, Shaheen said that years of diplomatic engagement have been "undone" in merely the last few months.
"It's unfortunate, in my mind, that after years of trying to build this relationship with India and with Prime Minister Modi, that it's been undone in just months," she added.
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