British Prime Minister Boris Johnson seemed to confuse two separate issues when he reiterated the UK government's stance that any dispute between India & Pakistan was for the two countries to settle bilaterally. British Sikh Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, repeated one of his previous Twitter statements on the issue in the House of Commons during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) session. However, Boris Johnson, in his brief response, went on to address a completely unrelated matter instead. Dhesi, who looked visibly perplexed, was quick to take to social media as he posted the exchange on Twitter, adding, "But it might help if our PM actually knew what he was talking about!” Meanwhile, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor tweeted saying, “Bojo should learn from NaMo how to dodge questions better”. UK government has so far refused to be drawn into the ongoing protests in India, with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) saying the matter of handling protests was an internal one. "The police handling of protests is a matter for the government of India," an FCDO spokesperson said last week, following a letter initiated by Dhesi and signed by 35 other UK MPs over the issue.
