Members outraged over action against Indian diplomat

Members in the Lok Sabha today expressed outrage over the action against an Indian diplomat in New York and said Parliament should speak in one voice that India will not stoop to foreign pressure.
Speaking on diplomat Devyani Khobragade's arrest, Mulayam Singh Yadav (SP) demanded that the House should pass a resolution condemning the US action against Khobragade.
He alleged that the government is "shaking with fear" of the US and this has led to increase in such cases.
Yadav said Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan was stopped at a US airport for one-and-a-half hours. "The US itself had invited him for successfully conducting the Kumbh Mela but treated him like this," he said.

Union Ministers Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel as well as former President A P J Abdul Kalam and former Defence Minister George Fernandes were insulted by the US, he said.
"Just because US conducted some (nuclear) explosions we are cowering with fear. Will America's bullying go on?" he asked.

Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj associated with the issue raised by Yadav. She said even Indian Ambassador Meera Shankar had to face insult.
"Devyani Khobragade had gone to drop her daughter when she was arrested and handcuffed," Swaraj said, condemning the incident.
BJP also said the government should take appropriate action in the case of Sunil James, a sailor who has been arrested by Togo. "His 11-month-old son died and his embalmed body has been kept in the hope that James will return and perform the last rites," Swaraj said.

She lamented that even a small country like Togo is now bullying India.
"Parliament should speak in one voice that India will not stoop to foreign pressure," Swaraj said.