National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon also called off the meeting, but curiously, the External Affairs Ministry rolled out the red carpet with the Minister Salman Khurshid personally welcoming the US delegation.
The Lok Sabha Speaker was angry not only because Khobragade was a dalit, but because the New York policemen did this to a woman diplomat, a mother of two.
This is not an error of judgment by one police officer, but it appears to be on orders from above, say sources in the know.
India has already condemned this treatment saying it was "unacceptable".
