"Trump did demonisation of talent coming to the United States," says Democrat leader Ro Khanna ::: US envoy to India Gor, however, says "all is well"

"The demagoguery about immigrants, the demagoguery of this President (Donald Trump) and talking about the lack of immigrants coming into the United States. 

How can we sit here and not condemn his policies on what he has done with student visas, with the demonisation of talent coming to the United States," said ...

California Democrat Ro Khanna.

He blasted US President Donald Trump for destroying ties with India, calling it the lowest in 30 years. 

Trump's policies have eroded India's trust, he maintained.  

However, Sergio Gor, US ambassador to India, expressed confidence about ties between the US and India remaining intact. 

He has emphasised that no matter the chatter around, Washington and New Delhi's friendship will continue to bloom. 

The US envoy said that an Indian Minister told him that the relationship between the two nations will remain solid even after 50 years.

"I was with a minister in New Delhi a couple of weeks ago, and he said to me, he said, 'No matter what you hear in the news, 50 years from now, our two countries will still be friends. 

You're the world's oldest democracy, we're the world's largest democracy."

And the second part that he added to that is, "We have the same principles when it comes to democracy, which include robust opposition, by the way'. Not every nation has that," Gor said.  

Recalling a recent China visit, Ro Khanna said that the Indian envoy there told him that a "generation of trust" has been lost due to Trump's policies. "Now, you know I'm not one to mince words. I sort of tell things as they are. The US-India relationship has been at its lowest point in the last 30 years," the California Democrat said during his speech.

"Trump's policies of getting into a war with Iran have been utterly destructive. 

It has been utterly destructive to the prices of gas in India. Talk to (External Affairs Minister S) Jaishankar if you don't believe me," Khanna further said, adding that the truth about the damage that Trump has done needs to be spoken else "we are not living in reality".