It seems that India has ignored the plight of thousands of Indians working in the US in the backdrop of the issue related to Devyani Khobragade. If one looks at the whole state of affairs the India Government has reacted unnecessarily taking the consular's personal servant issue forgetting that she has signed an affidavit stating she would abide by the US Labour law. She has accepted that she would to pay the required salary. Servants are no lesser persons and if Ms Khobragade was not able to pay the requisite salary she should not have employed a servant. Today before the whole world India has become a laughing stock because of this dim-witted lady. The two nations are in the verge of confrontation over a silly servant issue.
Actually this consular must have tried to blackmail the servant stating she would make her husband arrested if she tried to act smart. So the US govt has shrewdly acted and driven out the maid's family from India to US. And as a safe guard to the family they have arrested the consular. In that case what US did is fair. They have acted according to their law. If Devayani had committed a gaffe she should be prosecuted.
Diplomatic immunity should not be a tool to outsmart a country’s justice system. Instead of raising all the hue and cry over this silly issue India Government should help Khobragade fight it out in the US courts and get justice done as soon as possible. If Devyani Khobragade is innocent, she is sure to win the legal battle. And as far as US Justice System is concerned it is not that much bad as ours, I mean the snail's pace. An innocent diplomat has all the chances to get freed from the US court. If guilty it would be judged and punished without minding the diplomatic status of the guilty
K A Solaman
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