In three different international forums on Thursday, New Delhi made concerted attacks against Pakistan for continuing with false and malicious propaganda against India. While at CICA Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Minister of State External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi Pakistan must shut down terror infrastructure inside the country, at UNGA India slammed Pakistan for ‘pointless’ remarks on Jammu and Kashmir.
At an Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meet in Uganda, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Harivansh, lambasted Pakistan for misusing the platform to propagate false narrative against India.
In a stern response to Pakistan at CICA summit, Meenakshi Lekhi said that Islamabad has misused the CICA platform for propagating its false and malicious propaganda against India and advised the neighbouring country to set its house in order instead of lecturing the global community.
“It is unfortunate that Pakistan has chosen to once again misuse the CICA platform to propagate false and malicious propaganda against my country and distract from the theme and focus of today’s discussions and cooperation among the member states. The union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have been and will remain an integral part of India. Pakistan has no locus standing to comment on India’s internal affairs,” said at the CICA Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan.
“Pakistan’s remarks today constitute gross interference in India’s internal affairs, sovereignty and territorial integrity which is inconsistent with the CICA declaration on the principles guiding relations between the CICA member states of September 1999,” she added.
Underlining that Pakistan remains the global epicentre of terrorism, Lekhi said it should cease cross-border terrorism against India.
“Pakistan is the global epicentre of terrorism and continues to be the source of terrorist activities including in India. Pakistan continues to make no investment in human development but provides their resources for creating and sustaining the infrastructure of terrorism,” she said.
“Pakistan must immediately cease anti-India cross-border terrorism and shut down its infrastructure of terrorism. It will do well to stop the grave and persistent human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh (PoJKL); refrain from effecting any further material changes in the status of PoJKL, and vacate the Indian territories that are under its illegal and forcible occupation”, the minister added.
India also gave a befitting response to Pakistan after it raked up the Kashmir issue during the United Nations General Assembly debate on Russia.
In his explanation of the vote at the UNGA concerning the Russia-Ukraine war, Pakistani diplomat Munir Akram brought up the issue of Kashmir, in an attempt to draw parallels between the two situations. In a strongly worded response, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj said, “We have witnessed, unsurprisingly, yet again, an attempt by one delegation to misuse this forum and make frivolous and pointless remarks against my country.”
The Indian diplomat said such a statement deserves collective contempt from a mindset which repeatedly utters falsehoods. To set the record straight, Kamboj said, “entire territory of Jammu and Kashmir is and will always be an integral part of India… We call on Pakistan to stop cross-border terrorism so our citizens can enjoy their right to life and liberty.”
