Srinagar, March 7 National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday criticized the Centre over a US waiver allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil, saying that the country should make its own decisions and no one else should dictate them.
"We are not dependent. The problem is that I don't understand why they are making us dependent. This is a matter of the independence of this country," Abdullah told reporters here.
He said that the country has to decide what is good for it, and no one else should decide its future.
"This is a tragedy. We have seen this before, during the tenure of (prime minister) Manmohan Singh. The US wanted India to vote in its favor, and they said that if we don't, the nuclear deal will be in jeopardy.
"You know what Singh said? He said that this is a decision for India, and India will make its own decision, and we will do what is good for the country," the NC chief added.
India also confirmed on Saturday that it is continuing to import Russian oil following a temporary waiver granted by the United States. The waiver was issued due to the war in the Middle East.