In a strongly-worded retort within the UNSC, India stated it isn’t regular to tolerate Pakistan’s continued use of terrorism as an instrument of state coverage, as New Delhi hit again at Islamabad’s envoy for advancing a “false and self-serving” account of Operation Sindoor.
India’s Everlasting Consultant to the U.N., Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, delivered a pointy response to feedback made by Pakistan’s Ambassador to the U.N., Asim Iftikhar Ahmad.
Mr. Ahmad spoke about Operation Sindoor, Jammu and Kashmir and the Indus Waters Treaty in his remarks on the U.N. Safety Council open debate on Monday (January 26, 2026) on ‘Reaffirming Worldwide Rule of Regulation: Pathways to Reinvigorating Peace, Justice, and Multilateralism.’
Mr. Harish stated Pakistan, an elected member of the Safety Council, has a single-point agenda — to hurt India and its folks.
With Mr. Ahmad telling the Council that Pakistan’s response to Operation Sindoor “established that there might be no ‘new regular’ based mostly on coercion or impunity”, Delhi slammed Islamabad, with Mr. Harish asserting that terrorism can by no means be normalised as Pakistan needs to do.
“Now we have heard speak from the Consultant of Pakistan concerning the new regular. Let me reiterate once more that terrorism can by no means be normalised as Pakistan needs to do. It isn’t regular to tolerate Pakistan’s continued use of terrorism as an instrument of state coverage,” Mr. Harish stated, including that India will do no matter is required to guard and make sure the security and safety of its residents.
“This hallowed chamber can’t change into a discussion board for Pakistan to legitimise terrorism,” Mr. Harish stated.
Mr. Harish stated Pakistan’s envoy “superior a false and self-serving account” of Operation Sindoor, launched by India in Might final 12 months, concentrating on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam assault that killed 26 civilians.
“The information on this matter are clear. Pakistan-sponsored terrorists killed 26 harmless civilians in a brutal assault in Pahalagam in April 2025. This august physique itself referred to as for holding the perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors of this reprehensible act of terrorism accountable and delivered to justice. That’s precisely what we did,” Mr. Harish stated.
Mr. Harish’s reference was to the press assertion issued by the Safety Council in April final 12 months.
Within the assertion through which the 15-nation physique had condemned within the strongest phrases the terrorist assault in Pahalgam and had “underlined the necessity to maintain perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors of this reprehensible act of terrorism accountable and produce them to justice”, with the Council stressing that these liable for these killings must be held accountable.
Mr. Harish underscored that India’s actions in Operation Sindoor had been measured, non-escalatory, and accountable, and centered on dismantling the terrorist infrastructure and disabling terrorists.
“Until Might 9, Pakistan was threatening extra assaults on India. However on Might 10, the Pakistani army referred to as our army immediately and pleaded for a cessation to the preventing,” he stated, including that the destruction precipitated to a number of Pakistani airbases by the Indian operation, together with photographs of destroyed runways and burnt-out hangars, is within the public area.
Hitting out strongly at Pakistan for elevating the problem of Jammu and Kashmir, Mr. Harish stated Pakistan has no locus standi to touch upon issues which can be inner to India.
“The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has been, is, and can all the time stay an integral and inalienable a part of India,” he stated.
On the Indus Waters Treaty, Mr. Harish stated India had entered into the settlement 65 years in the past in good religion, in a spirit of goodwill and friendship.
“All through these six and a half many years, Pakistan has violated the spirit of the Treaty by inflicting three wars and 1000’s of terror assaults on India. 1000’s of Indian lives have been misplaced in Pakistan-sponsored terror assaults,” he stated.
Within the wake of the Pahalgam terror assault, Mr. Harish stated India was “compelled to lastly announce that the Treaty will likely be held in abeyance till Pakistan, a world epicentre of terror, credibly and irrevocably ends its assist for cross-border and all different types of terrorism.” Additional, India asserted that Pakistan is properly suggested to introspect concerning the rule of regulation.
“It might begin by asking itself the way it has let its armed forces engineer a constitutional coup by the twenty seventh modification and giving life-time immunity to its Chief of Defence Forces,” a reference to the twenty seventh Constitutional Modification handed in November final 12 months underneath Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that provides Pakistan’s Discipline Marshal Asim Munir lifelong immunity from any authorized prosecution.
Printed – January 27, 2026 09:06 am IST
