The United Kingdom government has clarified the British Prime minister Boris Johnson mentioning India-Pakistan while responding to a question on farmers’ protest in India.
A UK Government spokesperson, in response to a WION question, said, “The Prime Minister clearly misheard the question in parliament today. The Foreign Office is following the issue of protests in India closely.”
On Wednesday, the issue of the ongoing farmers’ protest in India was raised in the British Parliament. In response to a question raised by Labour Party MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson didn’t give any direct response.
Boris said, “Of course, Mr Speaker, and our views as the honourable gentleman knows well, of course, we have serious concerns about what is happening between India and Pakistan but these are pre-eminently matters for those two governments to settle and I know that he appreciates that point”.
36 British MPs have written to British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on the matter. Other than the UK, last week saw Canadian Prime minister Justin Trudeau expressing his concern on the farmers’ protest in India leading to a sharp reaction from India.
The Ministry of External Affairs called the comments “unwarranted”, and summoned the Canadian envoy to India Nadir Patel, handing over a strong demarche.
The farmers’ protests entered the 15th day on Thursday. Thousands of protesting farmers from Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan are gathered at five different borders since November 26 including Delhi’s Chilla and Singhu border for nearly two weeks, demanding a repeal of three agricultural laws passed by the Centre in September. The protesting farmers have a set of five main demands including implementation of MSP.
On Wednesday, farmer leaders rejected a government proposal to amend the new Agri laws, and announced they would intensify their agitation by blocking the Jaipur-Delhi and the Delhi-Agra expressways by Saturday, and escalating it to a nationwide protest on December 14.
This article is auto-generated by Algorithm Source: www.dnaindia.com
