New Delhi, Sept. 11 — India delivered a sharp rebuttal at the UN Human Rights Council, lashing out at Pakistan for what it called a pattern of “propaganda and falsehoods” and taking aim at Switzerland for what it described as “shallow” remarks unworthy of the Council’s presidency.
Speaking at the 60th Session in Geneva, Kshitij Tyagi, Counsellor at India’s Permanent Mission, invoked a pointed metaphor to describe Islamabad’s interventions. Pakistan’s own leadership, he recalled, had likened the country to a “dump truck” — a description, he suggested, that captured its practice of “depositing recycled falsehoods and stale propaganda before this distinguished Council.”
Tyagi accused Pakistan of misusing international platforms and manipulating the Organization of Islamic Cooperation as a “mouthpiece,” saying its “pathological fixation on India” appeared to provide it with “existential validation.”
Highlighting Pakistan’s record on terrorism, the Indian diplomat invoked past attacks: “Lest we forget Pahalgam, where Pakistan-sponsored terrorists turned a meadow of joy into a killing field this April. Lest we forget 9/11, Pulwama, Uri, Pathankot, Mumbai… The list is endless.”
He accused Islamabad of “audacity” in raising human rights issues while “financing and sheltering the very networks that threaten global security.” India, he said, would defend its sovereignty “without compromise” and continue to expose “the elaborate deception of a failed state whose survival depends on trafficking in terror and tragedy.”
India also bristled at Switzerland, despite calling it a “close friend and partner.” Tyagi rejected its remarks as “ill-informed,” adding that Switzerland, as UNHRC President, bore a special responsibility not to waste the Council’s time with “blatantly false narratives.” Instead, he said, Switzerland should look inward at its own struggles with “racism, systematic discrimination, and xenophobia.”
India, he added, as the “world’s largest, most diverse, and vibrant democracy,” stood ready to help Switzerland address those challenges.
The remarks came under Agenda Item 2: General Debate at the ongoing UNHRC session, which runs through October 8.
