India tells Pakistan to stop 'preaching homilies' at UN, reaffirms stand on Jammu and Kashmir

India has criticised Pakistan at the United Nations for raising Jammu and Kashmir during a discussion on decolonisation, accusing Islamabad of misusing the international forum to spread what it called "lies and falsehoods" about the Union Territory. India exercised its Right of Reply on Friday in the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly after Pakistan's representative made a statement on the agenda item of decolonisation. The committee deals with special political and decolonisation issues. Delivering India's response, Member of Parliament Mahima Kumari Mewar said Pakistan should refrain from lecturing others at the UN, citing its record of military rule, disputed elections, the incarceration of elected leaders, religious extremism and alleged state sponsorship of terrorism. #WATCH | India at UN, New York tweets, "MP Mahimakumari delivered India's Right of Reply in response to a statement by the representative of Pakistan in the Fourth Committee on the Agenda Item: Decolonization. She highlighted: It is regrettable that Pakistan continues to abuse the UN platform to peddle lies and falsehoods about the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. In the last few months, the Pakistani armed forces and their proxies have killed dozens of innocent civilians who were agitating for their basic rights and freedoms and basic necessities. Pakistan, with an established record of military dictatorships, sham elections, incarceration of popular elected leaders, religious extremism, and sponsoring terrorism as an instrument of state policy, should in the future refrain from preaching homilies on this platform. Jammu and Kashmir is, and will always remain, an integral and inalienable part of India. " (Source: India at UN, New York/X) -- ANI (@ANI) October 10, 2026 "It is regrettable that Pakistan continues to abuse this august forum by peddling lies and falsehoods about the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir," Mewar said. Reiterating New Delhi's position on the region, she said Jammu and Kashmir "is and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India". Mewar also called on Pakistan to end ongoing human rights violations in territories under its occupation. She alleged that residents there were resisting military control, repression and the exploitation of local resources. The Indian MP further accused Pakistani armed forces and their proxies of killing dozens of civilians in recent months. According to her statement, those killed had been protesting for basic rights, freedoms and essential necessities. Mewar is part of a 15-member parliamentary delegation visiting the UN for a familiarisation programme. The delegation arrived earlier this week and held engagements at the world body, besides meeting members of the Indian diaspora at a reception hosted by the Consulate General of India in New York. The latest exchange follows a separate confrontation between India and Pakistan at the General Assembly's Sixth Committee, which was discussing measures to eliminate international terrorism. During that session, India's First Secretary at the UN, Raghoo Puri, accused Pakistan of attempting to deflect scrutiny of its alleged links to terrorist groups while presenting itself as a victim of terrorism. Puri also questioned Pakistan's announcement of an increased reward for information leading to the apprehension of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, arguing that the move did not address concerns over the group's alleged connections to Pakistan. "Pakistan speaks of combating terrorism while seeking to obscure the very question that this committee must confront...what happens when terrorists are financed, facilitated, trained, sheltered, or supported from the territory of a State?" Puri said in his Right of Reply. The two exchanges reflect the continuing diplomatic friction between New Delhi and Islamabad at the UN, with India repeatedly raising concerns over terrorism and Pakistan's claims regarding Jammu and Kashmir.