In Pictures: PM tries ‘art of spinning’ and clambers aboard JCB on Indian visit
Boris Johnson is on a two-day visit to the country.
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Your support makes all the difference.Prime Minister Boris Johnson has finally begun his much-delayed trip to India, during which he hopes to strengthen ties between the two nations.
On the first day of his two-day trip, he visited the ashram of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi in Gujarat, and was given a tour of a new JCB factory by the firm’s owner – major Tory donor Lord Bamford.
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