India Issues Scathing Rebuttal to Pakistan at UN: “Stop Preaching and Look in the Mirror”
By: Juba Global News Network
Published: December 30, 2025
Dateline: NEW YORK / NEW DELHI
NEW YORK — Diplomatic tensions between South Asia’s nuclear-armed neighbors flared at the United Nations on Tuesday, as India exercised its Right of Reply to deliver a blistering condemnation of Pakistan. The sharp exchange followed Islamabad’s earlier statement accusing New Delhi of “systemic violations” of minority rights, a charge India dismissed as “baseless propaganda” from a nation with a “documented history of state-sponsored persecution.”
The Exchange
The confrontation occurred during a session of the UN General Assembly focused on human rights and social development. After the Pakistani delegate devoted a significant portion of their speech to alleging discrimination against minorities in India and the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian delegation requested the floor.
Taking the podium, India’s First Secretary to the UN, Rajeshwari Verma, did not mince words.
“It is ironic that a country which has institutionalized the persecution of its own minorities—Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, and Ahmadiyyas—has the audacity to preach to the world about human rights,” Verma stated. “Pakistan’s obsession with India is merely a deflection tactic to hide its own abysmal track record. We advise Islamabad to stop preaching and start looking in the mirror.”
Citing the “Track Record”
The Indian rebuttal went beyond generalities, citing specific recent reports from international watchdogs regarding the decline of minority populations in Pakistan. The Indian delegation highlighted the “draconian” blasphemy laws often used to target religious minorities and the forced conversions of young women in Sindh and Punjab provinces.
“The world can see through the lies,” Verma continued. “A nation that houses UN-designated terrorists and celebrates them as martyrs has no moral standing to lecture the world’s largest democracy.”
Pakistan’s “Malicious Propaganda”
India also addressed the references to Kashmir, reiterating that the Union Territory is an integral and inalienable part of India. “No amount of rhetoric or propaganda can change the reality on the ground,” the statement read. “Pakistan would serve its people better by addressing its own crumbling economy and internal terrorism rather than peddling false narratives here.”
The Diplomatic Context
This latest verbal duel comes amidst a deep freeze in bilateral relations. Diplomatic ties have been downgraded since 2019, and trade remains suspended. The harsh language used at the UN today suggests that any hope for a thaw in relations in the coming year remains distant.
Observers note that while such exchanges are routine at the UN, the intensity of India’s response today reflects a hardening stance in New Delhi, which has increasingly refused to engage with Islamabad until there is a “verifiable and irreversible” end to cross-border terrorism.
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