UK envoy summoned over farm law debate

New Delhi, March 9

India made its extreme displeasure known over the Monday evening debate on farm laws in British parliament by summoning UK High Commissioner Alexander Ellis to the South Block.

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla conveyed to Ellis strong opposition to the “unwarranted and tendentious discussion on agricultural reforms in India in British parliament”.

Gross interference

The Foreign Secretary made it clear that the debate in UK parliament represented a gross interference in the politics of another democratic country. An MEA statement

The Foreign Secretary made it clear that this represented a gross interference in the politics of another democratic country and advised that British MPs should refrain from practising vote bank politics, said an MEA statement.

On Monday, responding to a two-hour debate in the House of Commons, UK Minister of State Nigel Adams had said some issues of concern to London would be on the agenda at all high-level UK-India interactions. — TNS