UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was caught in a gaffe in Bristol, UK after talking about alcohol at a gurudwara there.

Johnson's comments, which were with regards to the UK signing an agreement with India to abolish taxes on Indian imports of British whisky, invited a "livid" reaction from a female Sikh worshiper present at the gurudwara, Pete Simson, a BBC reporter, said on Twitter.

According to The Guardian, Johnson was at the Shri Guru Nanak Prakash Singh Sabha gurudwara at St George's in Bristol to campaign for the Conservative party for the upcoming general elections in the United Kingdom.

While at the gurudwara, Johnson, who was seen wearing an orange turban, spoke about how a future Conservative UK government would increase free trade and sign a deal to abolish India's 150 per cent duty on imports of British whisky, the BBC reported.

Johnson, whose wife is half Sikh, started off by talking about how when Indians or Indian-origin citizens in the UK fly to India, they have to bring duty-free alcohol for their relatives from shops at airports.

"I hope I'm not embarrassing anybody here by saying that when we go to India, we have to bring 'clinky' in our luggage," he reportedly said, adding, "We have to bring Johnnie Walker."

"There is a duty of 150% in India on imports of Scottish whisky. So we have to bring it in for our relatives duty free. Imagine what we could do with a trade deal with India, which there will be, because then the tariffs would go," he went on to say, according to a BBC recording of the incident.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has apologised after saying this, during a visit to a Sikh temple in Bristol today... pic.twitter.com/Ha8euLP3eo - BBC Radio Bristol (@bbcrb) May 17, 2017

This invited a strong reaction from a female devotee, identified by The Guardian as Balbir Kaur, who said, "The core of our Sikhism is that alcohol should not be something that our people should be having. It is one of the things we are against."

"And you are standing in a Sikh gurudwara and talking about alcohol in front of our Guru Granth Sabib, which is not right," she further says in a raised voice. Her outburst prompted Johnson to reply saying, "I am very sorry if you think alcohol is a bad thing...I understand your point of view."

According to The Guardian, other devotees gathered at the gurudwara reportedly told Johnson that he "would not have got out of the temple alive" had he made similar comments in India. Meanwhile, another unidentified female devotee was heard saying, "How dare you talk about alcohol in a Sikh temple?"

A spokesperson for Johnson seemingly downplayed the incident. The Guardian quoted the spokesperson as saying, "Boris 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 whisky are consumed every year but there is a 150% tariff on imports of Scotch whisky."

"One lady expressed her views based on a personal situation, but the other 30 attendees warmly welcomed his remarks. He said he was sorry to hear of her personal story, that was all. There was no gaffe...The temple regulars loved him being there," Johnson's spokesperson added.

The personal story the spokesperson talked about was in reference to Kaur telling Johnson about how she had relatives who suffered from alcoholism.

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