US action is unacceptable. Reciprocal action has begun and more should follow

The arrest and hand-cuffing of India’s deputy consul general (DCG) Devyani Khobragade in New York as if she is a criminal with all the intrusive personal indignities heaped on a “felon” by the US manuals raises serious questions about India-US bilateral equations and the unilateralist manner in which the US interprets the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR). This humiliation has been consciously inflicted by the US authorities ignoring its political implications.

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