‘Must be living in La-La land’: India tears into Pakistan at UN over J&K

Geneva, Feb 26: At the High-Level Segment of the 55th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Indian envoy Anupama Singh tore into Pakistan and the OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) over their allegations – labelled “envious” – on Jammu and Kashmir. Singh said Pakistan must be living in “La-La Land” to not see development of Jammu and Kashmir.

The contents of the references made during the high-level segment by Pakistan and the OIC was not immediately known but first secretary Anupama Singh said on Wednesday the Islamabad “propaganda reeks o envy”, adding that India has no “desire to dignify it, but ”will make a few points to dismantle it with facts.”

“Jammu and Kashmir was, is, and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. No amount of wishful rhetoric or audacious propaganda by Pakistan can alter the immutable fact that the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India was completely legal and irrevocable, in accordance with the Indian Independence Act of 1947 and international law,” Singh said at the session in Geneva.

In fact, the only outstanding issue is the illegal occupation of Indian territories by Pakistan, she said, calling upon Islamabad to vacate the areas “under its forcible occupation.”