PM Boris Johnson's gets confused on farmers protests
On Wednesday, during the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) session in the House of Commons Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson seemed to confuse between two separate matters. British Sikh Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, who has been leading a drive to keep protests by the Indian farmers against the government’s agricultural reforms in the news in Britain, repeated one of his previous twitter statements the issue.
"Many constituents, especially those emanating from Punjab and other parts of India, and I were horrified to see footage of water cannons, tear gas 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 suppress them. What indomitable spirit and it takes a special kind of people to do that,” said the Opposition lawmaker.
He questioned PM Johnson, “So, will the Prime Minister convey to the Indian Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) our heartfelt anxieties, our hopes for a speedy resolution to the current deadlock and does he agree that everyone has a fundamental right to peaceful protest.”
PM Johnson responded briefly addressing a completely unrelated matter saying, “Our view is that 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.”
Mr Dhesi, who looked visibly perplexed, quickly took over to his Twitter and posted a exchange, adding: “But it might help if our PM actually knew what he was talking about!”
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