India on Tuesday reacted sharply to remarks by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) on Jammu and Kashmir, saying terrorism is the “grossest violation” of human rights and should be so acknowledged by any impartial and objective observer.
It also asserted that the unrest in the Valley has been “aggravated by sustained cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan”. Maintaining that the UNHCHR has received conflicting narratives on the cause for the confrontations in the Valley, MEA said there is no comparison between the situation in the Indian state of J&K and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
“The former has a democratically elected Government, while the latter has seen a Pakistani diplomat arbitrarily appointed as its head,” it said in reaction.