Congress on Wednesday said US President Donald Trump ’s remarks ahead of his visit — that India has not been fair to the US — “undermined” all the progress in bilateral relations achieved under former PMs Atal Bihari Vajpayee and carried forward by Manmohan Singh .

Demanding that the government should respond to Trump’s barb, Tewari said, “The president of the US, on the eve of his visit to India, has made certain remarks. I think it is an insult and affront to the dignity of the country and the ministry of external affairs should respond to it.” In a video circulated on Wednesday, Trump said he was “saving the big deal” with India for later and did not know if it would be signed before the US presidential election in November, signalling that a bilateral trade pact may not materialise during his visit to New Delhi next week.

