India summons British envoy over discussion on Agri reforms in UK Parliament

The Ministry of External Affairs said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla told the envoy that discussions in the British Parliament on India's Agri reforms represented a gross interference in the politics of another democratic country.

New Delhi: India summoned the British High Commissioner on Tuesday and conveyed its strong opposition to the "unwarranted and tendentious" discussion on India's agricultural reforms in the British Parliament.

The Ministry of External Affairs said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla also advised the envoy that British MPs should refrain from practising "vote bank politics by misrepresenting events", especially concerning another fellow democracy.

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"Foreign Secretary summoned the British High Commissioner and conveyed strong opposition to the unwarranted and tendentious discussion on agricultural reforms in India in the British Parliament," the MEA said in a statement.

"Foreign Secretary made clear that this represented a gross interference in the politics of another democratic country," it added.

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It further said: "He advised that British MPs should refrain from practising vote bank politics by misrepresenting events, especially concerning another fellow democracy."

PTI

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