Amritsar: Seven US Congressmen have written to US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, urging him to raise the issue of farmers’ protest in India with his Indian counterpart. While stating that they respect the right of the Indian government to determine its national policy, they said they also acknowledge the rights of those in India and abroad who are currently protesting peacefully against the new farm laws.
India has asserted that the matter pertains to country’s internal affairs and termed the remarks by foreign leaders and politicians on protests by farmers as “ill-informed” and “unwarranted”.
“We are compelled to reach out to you after seeing in the international press that protesting farmers from Punjab, who were marching peacefully to Delhi were brutally subjected to water cannon attacks, barbed wire barricades and tear gas by the security personnel,” the US lawmakers stated.