India sends stern warning to Pakistan in UN, says cross-border terrorism ‘will inevitably have consequences’ – INDIGNATION

In a sharp rebuttal at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), India criticized Pakistan, saying its involvement in global terrorism is well documented and warning that cross-border terrorism against India “will inevitably have consequences.”

India’s right of reply came after Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif raised the Kashmir issue during his speech at the 79th session of the General Debate of the UN General Assembly. Bhavika Mangalanandan, First Secretary of India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, provided the response, calling Pakistan a military-ruled country with a “global reputation for terrorism, drug trafficking and transnational crime” that dared to become the largest to attack democracy in the world.

Mangalanandan emphasized that Pakistan has long used cross-border terrorism as a weapon against its neighbors, citing the attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001 and the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, both carried out by Pakistan-based terror groups. Exposing Pakistan’s hypocrisy, she said: “If such a country talks about violence anywhere, that is hypocrisy at its worst.”

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Sharif in his speech called on India to reverse the abrogation of Article 370 and engage in dialogue for a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue, while also accusing India of rejecting Pakistan’s proposals for a ‘strategic restraint regime’ .

India firmly rejected the idea of ​​negotiations with a state that supports terrorism, with Mangalanandan reminding the UN of Pakistan’s history, including hosting Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. “Pakistan’s fingerprints are on so many terrorist incidents worldwide,” she said, stressing that Islamabad’s policies have long been a breeding ground for terrorism.

Mangalanandan also highlighted the irony of Pakistan, with its history of rigged elections and persecution of minorities, and lectured others on democracy and human rights. “The real truth is that Pakistan covets our territory and has consistently used terrorism to disrupt elections in Jammu and Kashmir, an integral part of India,” she added.

Referring to the 1971 genocide in Pakistan and the continued persecution of minorities, she concluded by saying, “The world can see with its own eyes what Pakistan really is.”

A Pakistani diplomat later responded, dismissing India’s claims as “baseless and misleading”, citing United Nations Security Council resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir calling for a plebiscite.

(With PTI inputs)