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Diplomat Devyani Khobragade, who was removed from her post for talking to media, has said that she would not resign despite administrative action being initiated against her.

The former Deputy Consul General of India in New York Khobragade asserted that she has not done anything wrong - be it taking dual passport for her children or talking to media.

She defended her action of taking the US passport for her two children, who were given diplomatic passports at the time of her posting to America, saying under the service rules, minor children can have two passports and there was nothing wrong in that.

Also justifying talking to media, the diplomat said it was very much under the ambit of her service rules which provided for the same as long as they were "personal views".

Meanwhile, her father also defended her talking to media.

"Her right to speak is guaranteed under the Constitution," former IAS officer Uttam Khobragade told a TV channel.

"I have full faith in the government. This is a welfare state and I am sure it will take every step to safeguard the dignity and right of the citizen.

"Earlier also, the government has done it and now also, the government will do it (and) take up the issue with the US government," he said.

A disciplinary as well as an administrative action of "compulsory wait" has been taken against diplomat Devyani Khobragade, who had hit the headlines last year after she was arrested in the US in a visa fraud case.

It is understood that a departmental inquiry into 40-year-old diplomat acquiring US passports for her children without informing the ministry has been concluded and has found that her action was "violative of conduct rules" leading to a disciplinary action has been taken. However, the nature of the action has not been disclosed.