"No Country Should Preach To Another": UK PM On 'Freedom In India' Debate
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British MPs had also called on Johnson to take up the issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to New Delhi.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said no country should "preach" to another, and "nobody can say that India is not a democracy." The visiting PM, who spoke at the Times Network India Economic Conclave, was asked about the recent debate on the issue of "freedoms of non-governmental organisations, academics and other groups in India" in the House of Lords.
The British MPs had also called on Johnson to take up the issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to New Delhi.
"I don't think it is the job of parliamentarians...they say all sorts of things. You should see what they say about me in our Parliament," Johnson said.
"I don't think it's the job of one country to preach to another. India is an incredible country. (It has) 1.35 billion people, the biggest democracy. Nobody can say India is not a democracy. It's an extraordinary place. And above all, it is ever more important in a world where the growth of the future is going to be in the Indo-Pacific," he said.
