India on Tuesday deplored United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet ’s criticism on Kashmir, claiming that the ab...
India on Tuesday deplored United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s criticism on Kashmir, claiming that the abrogation of the region’s special status under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution had brought it grassroots democracy, the Hindustan Times reported.
India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Indra Mani Pandey claimed that since changes were made in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in August last year, people in the region have enjoyed the same fundamental rights as people in the rest of India. “We have been able to revive grassroots democracy and provide a new momentum to social and economic development, despite the challenge posed by Covid-19 pandemic and persistent attempts by one country to infiltrate terrorists to derail this process by all possible means,” Pandey said, in reference to Pakistan.
Pandey also claimed that the government’s efforts at socioeconomic development and ensuring better governance in Kashmir over the past year have brought about great results. “By extending coverage of positive and affirmative federal legislations and repealing discriminatory or outdated local laws, the government has reaffirmed its commitment to delivering socio-economic justice to disadvantaged people in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, including women, children, minorities and refugees,” he said.
Bachelet had expressed concern over the continued detention of...
