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Tan Dhesi MP asks PMQ on Indian farming protests

During PMQs today Tan Dhesi MP asked the Prime Minister the following question:
“Many constituents, especially those emanating from the Punjab and other parts of India, and I were horrified to see footage of water cannon, tear gas and brute force being used against peacefully protesting farmers.

However, it was heart-warming to see scenes of farmers feeding those very forces ordered to beat or suppress them.

It takes a special kind of people to do that ... what indomitable spirit.

So will the Prime Minister convey to the Indian Prime Minister our heart-felt anxieties, our hopes for a speedy resolution to the current deadlock and does he agree that everyone has a fundamental right to engage in peaceful protest?”