Boris Johnson shakes his fist at voter on the campaign trail after visiting a Sikh temple
The Foreign Secretary also upset one lady with his comments about alcohol
BORIS JOHNSON shook his fist at a voter on the streets of Bristol today as he hit the campaign trail for the Conservatives.
The gaffe-prone Foreign Secretary showed his sense of humour as he made it look like he was threatening the man during a stint canvassing in the West Country.
Earlier this morning, Mr Johnson was trying to contain his giggles when he was wrapped up in a bright orange turban for a visit to a Sikh temple.
But on the same visit the charismatic politician infuriated one voter when he promised to end tariffs on whisky - but many Sikhs refrain from drinking.
In a speech he vowed to end tariffs on the alcohol when we quit the EU and do a trade deal with India - which caused enormous offence with one woman in the audience.
His remarks were quickly slammed by Balbir Kaur, who informed him that many Sikhs refrain from consuming alcohol.
Mr Johnson said: "What are the consequences of having so many Sikh relatives, and I hope I am not embarrassing anybody, is that whenever we go to India, to Mumbai or to Delhi, we have to bring 'clinkie' in our luggage.
"We have to bring Johnny Walker or we have to bring whisky because as you know there is a duty of 150 per cent in India on Scotch whisky.
"But imagine what we could do if there was a free trade deal with India - which there will be."
Ms Kaur responded: "You have just said that the main objective is to get the trade between India and England and the basis of that is alcohol which is in Sikhism against our religion so I wouldn't be wanting to put somebody in power who wants to put more alcohol in India which is causing lots of problems at the moment.
"I am a practicing Sikh and to me that is absolutely outrageous."
Speaking after the event, she told the Bristol Post: "Although he says his wife is Indian he has no values for India and to me that means that the Conservatives are not bothered about what the people want it is what they want to do.
"In front of the Gurdwara to talk about and promote alcohol is offensive, he not have been stood there talking about that, he should have known that."
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A spokesperson for Mr Johnson said: "One lady expressed her views based on a personal situation but the other 30 attendees warmly welcomed his remarks.
"He was simply making the point that a free trade deal with for example India, could be huge for both sides, pointing out that in India billions of litres of whiskey are consumed every year but there is at 120 per cent on imports of scotch whisky."
He was visiting the Shri Guru Nanak Prakash Singh Sabha Gurdwara in Bristol, trying to woo the community to vote Tory.