Pakistan’s falsehood won’t alter facts: India at UN

“India chooses its right to reply in response to the comments made by Pakistan that has yet again made an attempt to divert this august body from its agenda,” he said, adding that “out of respect for the august members of the UN forum, India will refrain from responding to any further attempts by Pakistan to abuse the UN procedures”. India maintains that UNMOGIP has outlived its utility and is irrelevant after the Simla Agreement and the consequent establishment of the LoC.

Later in a post on X, Trivedi said that during the discussions in the UN the representative from Pakistan “tried to digress the subject and unnecessarily mentioned that Pakistan’s involvement with UN peacekeepers started when the UN had put up peacekeepers in 1948” in J&K.
Trivedi said that “taking a sharp exception to this remark”, he exercised the Right of Reply and “firmly stated on the floor that the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir was, is and will remain an integral part of India”.

“It has also recently gone through a proper democratic election,” he said. Trivedi is part of a delegation of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs — including Congress’s Rajiv Shukla, DMK’s Tiruchi Siva and BJD’s Sasmit Patra — who are on a visit to the UN for diverse engagements at the world body. Earlier on Tuesday, Shukla also delivered a retort in the UN debate after Pakistan raised the issue of Kashmir.

“Let me be clear. Real democracies function differently. The people of Jammu and Kashmir turned out in record numbers in the recently concluded elections.”

Shukla also stressed that inclusive access to information is essential for fostering trust, accountability and good governance. “A (Pakistani) delegation has yet again used this august forum for peddling lies and falsehood,” he said. “No amount of disinformation and misinformation will change facts on the ground. I urge this delegation to engage more constructively in this forum, rather than using it for their divisive, political agenda,” Shukla said.