Bulldozer Row Reaches UK As MPs Slam Boris Johnson Trip To JCB Factory

Labour MPs Nadia Whittome and Zarah Sultana questioned if British Prime Minister Boris Johnson brought up the emolition issue with Prime Minister Modi

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been slammed by two women MPs in the UK over his visit to a JCB factory in Gujarat days after excavators razed homes and shops in several states in the wake of communal clashes. The BJP (Modi's governing party) is using JCB diggers to bulldoze the homes and shops of Muslims.Boris Johnson posed with JCB diggers on his recent visit to India, but his minister wouldn't say whether he even raised these demolitions with Modi. pic.twitter.com/aIWVw5TLIl Boris Johnson failed to challenge Modi on the BJP whipping-up anti-Muslim violence during his trip to India.Instead he visited a JCB factory the day after the company's bulldozers demolished Muslim homes in Delhi.That shows you how much he really cares about human rights. pic.twitter.com/WMlsZYm8Lp

The MPs also questioned if the British Prime Minister brought up the issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

While the BJP-led governments and civic bodies have stressed that the demolitions were carried out to remove encroachment, the Opposition and activists have accused them of targeting Muslims in the garb of removing encroachment.

Speaking in the UK's House of Commons, Labour MP for Nottingham East, Nadia Whittome, questioned if Prime Minister Johnson's recent visit to India had helped legitimise the demolitions carried out by the BJP-led administrations in various states.