British Prime Minister Boris Johnson shared a message and greeted India on the 72nd Republic Day. In his video message Boris Johnson reiterated his plan to visit India in the coming months. Johnson was due to be in New Delhi as the chief guest at the annual parade to mark the Republic Day but had to call off the visit after the emergence of a new, deadlier variant of coronavirus in UK at the end of last year. UK and India are working side by side to free humanity from the coronavirus pandemic, Johnson said in a special reference to the vaccine collaboration.