India Formally Protests to Canada Over Trudeau Remarks on Farm Protests

India Formally Protests to Canada Over Trudeau Remarks on Farm Protests
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens while wearing a mask at a news conference held to discuss the country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response in Ottawa, on Nov. 6, 2020. Reuters/Patrick Doyle//File Photo
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NEW DELHI—India summoned Canada’s ambassador on Friday and said comments made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over protests by farmers near Delhi were an interference in its domestic affairs and would seriously hurt bilateral ties.

Trudeau, speaking to the Indian community in Canada, said this week that he was concerned about the farmers, most of them from the Sikh-dominated Indian state of Punjab, camped out on the outskirts of Delhi in a protest against farm reforms.