Indian High Commission pens open letter to British MP on farmers protest

The Indian High Commission in London has written an open letter to a Claudia
Webbe, British Member of Parliament, who voiced her opinion in support of the
farmers’ protests in India and related arrests of activists, PTI reported.
Webbe is a member of the Opposition Labour Party for Leicester East, a significant
British Indian constituency in eastern England.

She took to social media to demand the release of activists arrested in India over the “toolkit” row.

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She endorsed an e-petition calling for the British government to give a
statement over the farmers’ issue in India after it crossed the 100,000
signatures threshold to be considered for a debate in the Westminster Hall of
the House of Commons. 

The Indian High Commission wrote an open letter, inviting her to convey
any apprehensions she had directly.

“We would have been able to comprehensively and in detail provide
clarifications to assuage the concerns of your constituents with regard to the
recent path-breaking Indian Farm Laws against which a small section of India’s
farming community has been protesting,” reads the letter.

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The commission said that the farm laws are based on inputs from experts
that have analysed the challenges faced by the agriculture sector of India.

“It is emphasised that the reforms, intended to protect and empower
farmers in India are based on inputs from experts and recommendations by
Committees that have analysed the specific challenges of the agricultural
sector in India over the last 20 years.

The commission will be sharing detailed information to clear all doubts
related to the objective of the farm reforms and willingness of the Indian
government to address all concerns of the farmers.

“High Commission of India would, therefore, reiterate its offer that
your constituents – British citizens having family ties or business linkages
with the agricultural sector in India – would be most welcome to address their
concerns to the High Commission of India through their representatives, after
duly studying the clarifications issued by our mission on our website and
through social media,” it adds.

Farmers have been sitting at Delhi borders for 83 days on the trot
protesting for the repeal of the three farm laws.