WEB DESK
India today lambasted Pakistan for peddling its narrative on Kashmir at the United Nations Human Rights Council. Exercising the right to reply at the 43rd session of the UNHRC in Geneva, Rachita Bhandari, Director (Indo-Pacific-I), in Ministry of External Affairs said that Pakistan cannot mislead the international community on the matter while continuing to use cross-border terrorism as an instrument of state policy against India. She said that Jammu and Kashmir which was, is and shall forever remain an integral part of India, has begun its march to peace and prosperity despite Pakistan’s repeated attempts to derail the process. Bhandari said that a robustly functional and vibrant democracy like India could well do without lessons from a failed state like Pakistan whose own people have never ever enjoyed either true democracy or human rights.
She asked, can Pakistan deny the fact that its leaders, including its Prime Minister, have openly called for Jihad against India. She questioned whether Pakistan can deny the fact that vulnerable minorities in the country face religious persecutions on a daily basis.