India, Oct. 25 -- Voicing concern over Western sanctions policies, Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal questioned why India was being "singled out" over its oil dealings with Russia, while European nations appear to have secured quiet exemptions.

The discussion unfolded between Piyush Goyal and Douglas Alexander, a UK trade minister, as the two sides compared sanctions linked to Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil giant.

"So then why single out India?" Goyal pointed out that after the UK minister acknowledged that London and Berlin had already resolved their own energy supply issues with Washington's blessing.

The video of this exchange has gone viral on social media and is winning praise from many users, who lauded Goya...