Overview

• Lok Sabha MP P.P. Chaudhary delivered India’s statement to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee during the general debate on Wednesday.
• He dismissed Pakistan’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir as baseless and accused Islamabad of misusing UN platforms to spread falsehoods.
• He alleged election rigging, imprisonment of opposition leaders and violent suppression of protests in Pakistan.
• He highlighted Indian welfare metrics, citing 250 million lifted out of multidimensional poverty, about 800 million covered by the Public Distribution System and social security reaching 64.3% of the population, alongside recent gains for women in education, workforce participation and representation.
• He said India aims to serve as a trusted partner of the Global South under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and referenced a past quote attributed to Pakistan’s army chief calling his country a “dump truck,” with no Pakistani response reported in the coverage.