India has strongly criticised Pakistan at the United Nations, describing it as a “Frankenstein state” that is surprised when its “own monster bites back”, while accusing Islamabad of “hosting, training and deploying” terrorists.
The remarks were made by Anupama Singh, First Secretary at India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, on Wednesday in response to references made by Pakistan and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Jammu and Kashmir during the Interactive Dialogue on the UN High Commissioner’s annual report.
“India is compelled to exercise this right of reply in response to references made to it by Pakistan and the OIC. We categorically reject the baseless and malicious allegations made by Pakistan,” Singh said.
The diplomat also rejected the OIC’s comments on Jammu and Kashmir, stating: “We also categorically reject the references to Jammu and Kashmir made by the OIC… For the record, Jammu and Kashmir was, is, and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. The only unresolved issue is Pakistan’s illegal occupation of Indian territories and their return.”
She further said that Pakistan is a country whose sitting defence minister “boasts of hosting, training and deploying terrorists as state policy”.
“This should surprise no one. An illegal and illegitimate occupation can be sustained only through force,” Singh said. “This is the country with the sitting Defence Minister boasts of hosting, training, and deploying terrorists and state policy, and yet Pakistan calls itself a victim of terrorism.”
The diplomat added, “Indeed, a paradox which only Pakistan could sustain. It is a living example of a Frankenstein state, which is shocked when its own monster bites back,” she said.
Referring to conditions in Pakistan, Singh said, “denial of basic freedoms has brought matters to a point where even demand for bread, electricity, rights, and dignity are met with bullets and brutality.”
She also described the Indus Water Treaty as outdated and reiterated India’s position on the agreement.
