MPs hit back after India summons envoy over farmers' protest debate

High commissioner called in after India said debate represented gross interference' in its internal affairs

British MPs have hit back after Narendra Modi's government summoned the British high commissioner to India to warn against the UK parliament staging debates on the mass protests by Indian farmers.

The new UK high commissioner, Alex Ellis, was summoned on Tuesday by the foreign minister, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, after India concluded that MPs had staged an imbalanced debate that represented a gross interference" in India's internal affairs.