However, historical records from the Congress-led UPA government's tenure indicate that India too had reduced oil imports from Iran following pressure linked to US sanctions.
Sibal also compared the ED's functioning under the Congress-led UPA government, when he was a union minister, and under the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government.
He said MGNREGA, conceived and implemented by the Congress-led UPA government under the leadership of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, had been a cornerstone of rural employment and inclusive growth.
The Trinamool chief had held the railway portfolio in the NDA government under Atal Bihari Vajpayee between 1999 and 2001, and during the Congress-led UPA-2.
The Trinamool chief had held the railway portfolio in the NDA government under Atal Bihari Vajpayee between 1999 and 2001, and during the Congress-led UPA-2 from 2009 to 2011.
"The Congress-led UPA government tried to set the narrative of Hindu terrorism. It tried to propagate that Hindus and saffron are terrorists. Today (Thursday), it was proven how false it is. The court has said today with evidence and Congress should apologise to those against whom action was
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday targeted the previous UPA government led by Congress, alleging that trade deals signed during that period were not in the country's interests.
Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala has said that party MP Shashi Tharoor's recent remarks about surgical strikes, made as leader of all-party delegation, were factually incorrect and that Congress party had only corrected the record by pointing out that the surgical strikes in Pakistan
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said that while the rise in India's per capita income under the BJP-led NDA government is "broadly correct," the rate of growth was higher during the tenure of the Congress-led UPA government.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur welcomed the extradition of Tahawwur Rana, accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and took a swipe at the previous Congress-led UPA government.
"It is good that Rahul Gandhi has finally acknowledged a fact the entire nation already knew--that even after a decade in power, the UPA utterly failed to create jobs or strengthen India's manufacturing base. However, what he conveniently ignores is that his party did nothing to prepare I
Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who passed away on Thursday, was an acclaimed thinker, economist and scholar who ushered in a comprehensive policy of economic reforms and steered the country for 10 years as the head of Congress-led UPA government during which India witnessed a hi