"Country soaked in bloodshed shouldn't...": India blasts Pak, schools Turkey for raking up Kashmir at UNHRC session

NewsBharati 29-Feb-2024 11:13:20 AM

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Geneva, Feb 29: India blasted Pakistan and Turkey on Wednesday after they brought up the Jammu and Kashmir issue at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). It rejected Pakistan's allegations, and mentioned the country's track record on human rights, describing it as "truly abysmal". Turkey was warned, with Singh stating that Jammu and Kashmir is India's "internal matter" and such "unsolicited comments" on the issue should be refrained from in the future.

India's First Secretary, Anupama Singh invoked the nation's Right of Reply schooled Turkey for interfering in India's internal affairs.

“We regret the comment made by Türkiye on a matter that is an internal affair of India, and hope that it would refrain from making unsolicited comments on our internal matters in future." - India's First Secretary, Anupama Singh

The Indian envoy slamming Pakistan noted that it is "deeply unfortunate for the Council's platform to have once again been misused to make patently false allegations against India."

Further, India highlighted three points in its response to Pakistan's mention of Jammu and Kashmir at the UN platform. The first one was that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are an "integral and inalienable part of India" and the constitutional measures taken by the Indian government to ensure "socio-economic development and good governance" in the Union territories are "matters internal to India".

“Two, a country that has institutionalized the systemic persecution of its own minorities and has a truly abysmal human rights record, commenting on India which is demonstrably making great strides in achieving economic progress and social justice, is not merely ironical but perverse," Anupama Singh pointed out.

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She highlighted incidents of persecution against minorities, pointing out the August 2023 Jaranwala issue wherein 19 churches were gutted, and 89 Christian houses burnt down.

"A country that hosts and even celebrates UNSC-sanctioned terrorists, commenting on India, whose pluralistic ethos and democratic credentials are exemplars for the world, is a contrast for everyone to see," Anupama Singh said in her speech.

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Further, she concluded by saying,

"We cannot pay any further attention to a country that speaks while being soaked in red - the red of the bloodshed from the terrorism it sponsors around the world; the red of its debt-riddled national balance sheets; and the red of the shame its own people feel for their government having failed to serve their actual interests."

The country, which is struggling with various financial troubles, still wants to speak about Jammu and Kashmir.