India objects to Modi remark over Saudi leader Mohammed bin Salman

NEW DELHI: India Thursday made its displeasure public about a remark by a US state department official referring to PM Modi while defending the immunity to Saudi leader Mohammed bin Salman, who is accused of ordering the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

US State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel had last week said it wasn’t the first time that the US had done this and that the same had been applied to a number of heads of state previously, including Modi. “I fail to understand how the comment on PM Modi was either relevant, necessary or contextual,” MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.