Farm laws discussion | India summons British High Commissioner, hands over note of protest

Discussion on the farm laws by the British Parliament amounts to “gross interference” in the domestic affairs of India, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla told British High Commissioner Alex Ellis on Tuesday. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the envoy was summoned and a diplomatic note of protest was handed over to him. “Foreign Secretary made clear that this represented a gross interference in the politics of another democratic country. He advised that British MPs should refrain from practising vote bank politics by misrepresenting events, especially in relation to another fellow democracy,” the MEA said.