‘Prioritise welfare over military directives’: India raps Pak on minority rights
India criticized Pakistan at the United Nations for using the international forum to spread propaganda while failing to protect its own minority populations. India reiterated its stance that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of its territory and urged Pakistan to focus on domestic welfare.
Why it matters
This reflects the ongoing diplomatic tensions between India and Pakistan and their use of international platforms to influence global perception.
NEW DELHI: India tore into Pakistan at the United Nations for exploiting the international forum to spread propaganda while failing to protect its own citizens. New Delhi reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir remains an integral and inalienable part of India and demanded that Pakistan vacate all territories under its illegal occupation.Speaking at an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues at the UN General Assembly's Third Committee, India's First Secretary at the Permanent Mission to the UN, Raghoo Puri, called out Pakistan's conduct and said its representatives should focus on the welfare of their own people instead of taking directions from the military."Pakistan predictably misused the forum for propaganda. Jammu & Kashmir is an integral and inalienable part of India.
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