British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday was asked about the farmers’ protest in India by a Labour MP and he mixed up two separate issues as he reiterated the UK government’s stance that any dispute between India and Pakistan was for the two countries to settle bilaterally.
British Sikh Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, who has been vocal about the farmers’ agitation, repeated one of his previous Twitter statements on the issue in the House of Commons during the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) session. Many constituents, especially those emanating from Punjab and other parts of India, and I were horrified to see footage of water cannons, teargas and brute force being used against peacefully protesting farmers. However, it was heart-warming to see those very farmers feeding those forces who had been ordered to beat or su ppress them. What indomitable spirit, and it takes a special kind of people to do that,” the opposition lawmaker said.
