• By Kamal Kumar
  • Sat, 28 Sep 2024 10:36 AM (IST)
  • Source:JND

India slammed Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif in a strong right to reply in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), terming his address over Kashmir, a 'hypocrisy at its worst'. This comes as New Delhi exercised its right to reply to remarks made by Shehbaz over the issue of Kashmir in his address at the General Debate of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly.

In a stern response, Indian diplomat Bhavika Mangalanandan said that a country run by the military and infamous for terrorism, narcotics, trade and transnational crime has had the “audacity to attack the world's largest democracy”.

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“This assembly regrettably witnessed a travesty this morning. I speak about the reference to India in the speech of the Pakistani PM. As the world knows, Pakistan has long employed cross-border terrorism as a weapon against its neighbours. It has attacked our parliament, our financial capital, Mumbai, marketplaces and pilgrimage roots. The list is long. For such a country to speak about violence anywhere is hypocrisy at its worst. It is even more extraordinary for a country with a history of rigged elections to talk about political choices that, too, in a democracy,” the Indian representative at the UN said.

“…The real truth is that Pakistan covets our territory and, in fact, has continuously used terrorism to disrupt elections in Jammu and Kashmir, an inalienable and integral part of India,” Mangalanandan added.

India issued a stern warning to the neighbour that cross-border terrorism against it will invite consequences”.

“It is ridiculous that a nation that committed genocide in 1971 and which persecuted its minorities relentlessly even now, dare speak about intolerances and phobias. The world can see for itself what Pakistan really is. We are talking about a nation that for long hosted Osama bin Laden. A country whose fingerprints are on so many terrorist incidents across the world, whose policies attract the dregs of many societies to make it their home,” she added.

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The Indian representative called Sharif's remarks over Kashmir “unacceptable” and said that Pakistan will seek to counter the truth with more lies.

“Repetition will change nothing. Our stand is clear and needs no reiteration,” Bhavika Mangalanandan said.