Propaganda Won't Change Facts: Sudhanshu Trivedi's Strong Retort To Pakistan At UN

New York: BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi roared against Pakistan in the United Nation saying the neighbouring country false propaganda regarding Jammu and Kashmir will not change the facts. Trivedi reprimanded Pakistan for raking the Kashmir issue at the world body's ongoing discussion on peacekeeping missions.

In a strong retort, India used its right to reply and said, “Pakistan is once again trying to mislead this UN institution from its agenda but Jammu and Kashmir was, is and will always remain a part of India.”

India slammed Pakistan for peddling “falsehood” after it referred to Jammu and Kashmir during a debate on peacekeeping operations in the UN.

Sudhanshu's remarks came during a debate on peacekeeping operations at the Special Political and Decolonization (Fourth Committee) of the UN General Assembly Friday.

Trivedi asserted that the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir “was, is and will remain an integral part of India". 

“The people of Jammu and Kashmir have recently exercised their democratic and electoral rights and elected a new government. Pakistan must desist from such rhetoric and falsehood because it will not alter the facts,” Trivedi said.  He added 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.

Trivedi delivered India’s strong response after the Pakistani delegate spoke about the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), mandated to supervise the ceasefire along the Line of Control.

India maintains that UNMOGIP has outlived its utility and is irrelevant after the Simla Agreement and the consequent establishment of the Line of Control.

Later in a post on X, Trivedi said that during discussions in the United Nations on peacekeeping operations, the representative from Pakistan, while speaking on the subject of UN peacekeeping, “tried to digress the subject and unnecessarily mentioned that Pakistan’s involvement with UN peacekeepers started when UN has put up peacekeepers in 1948" in territory Jammu and Kashmir.

Trivedi added that "taking a sharp exception of 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. So the august forum of United Nations cannot be used in mentioning these types of non-substantive and misleading terms,” Trivedi said.

He added that this could have been “possible because of firm foreign policies” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi -led government for a “strong and assertive India on the international stage.” Trivedi is part of a delegation of 12 Members of Parliament from India who are visiting the UN for diverse engagements at the world body.

With inputs from PTI