"We consider it as an insult. US has been apprised about our stand on this and we are awaiting its response.. And do the needful after it is received," he told reporters yesterday when asked about the arrest of the Indian diplomat.
In a major diplomatic embarrassment, 39-year-old Khobragade, a 1999-batch IFS officer, was taken into custody on a street in New York as she was dropping her daughter to school on December 12 and handcuffed in public on visa fraud charges before being released on a USD 250,000 bond after pleading not guilty in court.
"Their (AAP) situation is that of a groom, whose preparation of marriage is ready but he is denying to take the responsibility..," he said.
The minister said that Congress has given its support to AAP so that it could take the responsibility of "married life" and understand its essence.