UK PM Boris Johnson confuses India’s farmer protest with Pakistan
British chief mocked on social media after implying the weeks-long farmer’s protest was a cross-border concern involving archrival Pakistan.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was slammed on social media on Wednesday after implying India’s farmers’ protest towards new legal guidelines was a difficulty between New Delhi and its neighbouring longtime foe Pakistan.
During query interval within the United Kingdom’s parliament, member of Parliament Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi stated “water cannon, tear gas and brute force” was getting used towards the Indian protesters and questioned the British authorities’s place on the months-long demonstrations.
“Will the prime minister convey to the Indian prime minister our heartfelt anxieties and our hopes for a speedy resolution to the current deadlock, and does he agree that everyone has a fundamental right to peaceful protest?” Singh requested.
Johnson responded: “Our view is the proper honourable gentleman is aware of effectively is that after all, we’ve critical considerations about what is occurring between India and Pakistan.
“But these are pre-eminently matters between those two governments to settle, and I know he appreciates this point,” Johnson added.
The world is watching, concern is a large one with lots of of 1000’s protesting globally (together with in London, reported on by BBC) and the standard Boris Johnson bluff and bluster heaps additional embarrassment onto our nation. Absolutely clueless! So upset along with his response.
— Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP (@TanDhesi) December 9, 2020
Shortly after his feedback, Twitter customers mocked him for his complicated assertion with British member of Parliament Afzal Khan calling it “a new low even for Boris Johnson”.
“The issue has nothing to do with India and Pakistan. Incredible,” Khan stated.
A brand new low even for @BorisJohnson
My pal @tandhesi requested an vital query at #PMQs concerning the peaceable protests by farmers in Delhi
The PM responded with a rehearsed & unrelated reply about India & Pakistan
The concern has nothing to do with Pakistan. Incredible. pic.twitter.com/yUFPOakY0h
— Afzal Khan MP (@Afzal4Gorton) December 9, 2020
The demonstrations are associated to 3 farm legal guidelines handed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s authorities this yr that decontrol crop pricing, which farmers say will harm their livelihoods and solely profit giant firms.
Thousands of farmers, largely from the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana – often called India’s grain bowl – have blocked key highways linking New Delhi to neighbouring states for greater than two weeks.
????? UK PM Boris Johnson on query about India farmers protest: We have critical considerations about issues between India and Pakistan, that are pre-eminently for them to settle ??????
Hope the UK Foreign Office clarifies. https://t.co/115GCQEAcI
— Suhasini Haidar (@suhasinih) December 9, 2020
Another parliamentarian Zahra Sultana identified that Johnson appeared to confuse the farmers protest with the worldwide battle between India and Pakistan over the disputed area of Kashmir.
“Is it too much to ask for a PM who knows the difference between Kashmir and Punjab?” Sultana posted on Twitter.
At at the moment’s #PMQs:@TanDhesi: Will the PM communicate up for protesting farmers in Punjab dealing with repression?@BorisJohnson: I’ve considerations about what is occurring between India & Pakistan.
Is it an excessive amount of to ask for a PM who is aware of the distinction between Kashmir & Punjab? 🤦🏽♀️
— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) December 9, 2020
India and Pakistan declare the Kashmir territory in its entirety however rule elements of it. Many Kashmiris demand both a merger with Pakistan or an unbiased state.
The nuclear-armed nations have fought three wars over the previous 70 years, two over Kashmir.
