When the country is talking in one voice about restoring pride of the Indian diplomat who was mistreated in the US, State Minorities Welfare and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Azam Khan has asked Devyani Khobragade to contest the next lok Sabha election from Rampur on Samajwadi Party ticket.
“The Indian diplomat can resign from her job and contest the coming lok Sabha election from Rampur in UP as after becoming a member of Parliament she can strongly raise here voice against the US,’’ Khan said in a statement issued hereon Thursday.
Criticising the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad for keeping silent on the issue, Khan said these parties were never concerned with the insult of a woman and a diplomat.
Condemning the act of the US, Khan said that America was a country that exhibited indecorous behaviour over the years against Indians.
“I have also witnessed the same behaviour during my visit to the US last year but I protested strongly. I think several Indians pass through such agony but keep mum. But this is the time when we should raise voice against the fascist approach of the US,” he said.
Meanwhile, in Jaunpur, a number of lawyers boycotted work and set ablaze the effigy of the US President to protest America’s action against India’s deputy counsel general in New York.
The lawyers suspended work and asked the American officials to tender an apology over the issue. They also took out a procession on the court premises.