NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday stated that India has “not anything to apologize about” because it has acted with “a substantial amount of adulthood,” whilst criticising the USA for unfairly singling out New Delhi and stating that “Europe is placing extra billions of greenbacks into Russia’s kitty than we do.““I do not believe we have now anything else to apologize about in any respect. India has behaved with a substantial amount of adulthood on all of this,” Tharoor instructed ANI, noting that even previous US administrations had “inspired” New Delhi to shop for Russian oil with a purpose to “stabilise world costs.”Tharoor’s remarks got here based on US Trade Secretary Howard Lutnick, who claimed that “India goes to be on the desk, and they are gonna say they are sorry and in the end strike a take care of US President Donald Trump.”Countering Lutnick’s declare, Tharoor identified that higher economies had been extra deeply tied to Moscow than India.“China buys extra Russian oil and fuel than we do. Turkey buys extra Russian oil and fuel than we do. Europe does not purchase oil and fuel, however they purchase different Russian pieces, so they are placing extra billions of greenbacks into Russia’s kitty than we do. It sort of feels extraordinary that we’re on my own being singled out for allegedly financing the Russian battle effort when others are doing way over we’re,” he stated.Calling it a “mistake in American coverage,” the Thiruvananthapuram MP stated such grievance of India used to be “no longer warranted or justified.”“I believe Mr Lutnick has to remember that we’re a sovereign country, simply as they’re. They may be able to take their very own sovereign selections, we can take our personal sovereign selections,” he added.Lutnick on Friday took a cue from Trump’s hardline tariff stance caution India to “prevent purchasing Russian oil, prevent being part of BRICS, and strengthen the US and the greenback or face a 50% tariff” even likening India’s place to Canada’s retreat after financial power. “In a month or two months, I believe India goes to be on the desk, and they are gonna say they are sorry, and they are going to check out to make a take care of Donald Trump and it is going to be on Donald Trump’s table how he desires to take care of Modi, and we depart that to him. That is why he is the president,” Lutnick stated.He additionally labelled India as “the vowel between Russia and China” in BRICS, announcing, “If that is who you wish to have to be, pass, be it… ….and let’s have a look at how lengthy this lasts.”Lutnick’s remarks got here after Trump himself softened his tone on his social media publish, calling India-US ties “very particular” and asserting his friendship with Top Minister Narendra Modi, after the SCO summit in Tianjin.Trump stated, “I at all times will. I will at all times be pals with (PM) Modi. He is a perfect Top Minister. I will at all times be pals, however I simply do not like what he’s doing at this actual second.”“However India and the US have an overly particular courting. There’s not anything to fret about. We simply have moments occasionally,” he added.Following Trump’s observation, PM Modi answered warmly on Saturday, announcing he “deeply appreciates and completely reciprocates President Trump’s sentiments and certain overview of our ties.”Tharoor additionally instructed warning over PM Modi’s heat reaction to Trump’s remarks on India-US ties announcing, “The Top Minister used to be very fast to reply, and the overseas minister has additionally underscored the significance of the elemental courting that may be a complete world strategic partnership, which continues to be there. And that message is crucial message for us to offer. I do not believe we will be able to simply utterly omit both the 50% price lists or the insults that experience accompanied it from each the President and his team of workers.“The Congress MP additional warned that Trump’s “mercurial temperament” and the “actual penalties” of punitive price lists demanded warning.“One cannot simply omit and forgive so temporarily as a result of there are actual penalties that Indians are going through at the flooring and the ones penalties wish to be triumph over,” he added.