'Monster Bites Back': India Labels Pakistan a 'Frankenstein State' Over Terror Links in Fiery UN Exchange

India used its right of reply at the 62nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to reject Pakistan’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir, while also describing the Indus Waters Treaty as an arrangement that no longer reflects present-day realities. New Delhi accused Islamabad of using multilateral forums to deflect attention from terrorism, internal unrest and conditions in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Speaking during the interactive dialogue on the UN High Commissioner’s annual report, Anupama Singh, First Secretary at India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, said Pakistan’s allegations against India were “baseless and malicious”. She also rejected references to Jammu and Kashmir made by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, saying Pakistan had misused its role to push a political narrative against India.

India rejects Pakistan’s Kashmir claims at UNHRC

New Delhi’s response followed Pakistan’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir at the Human Rights Council. India has consistently maintained that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of the country and that any references to the region by Pakistan or third parties are unacceptable. Singh reiterated that position in sharp terms during India’s reply.

“Jammu and Kashmir was, is and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. The only unresolved issue is Pakistan’s illegal occupation of Indian territories and their return,” Singh said. The formulation reflects India’s long-standing diplomatic position that the matter requiring resolution is Pakistan’s control over parts of the former princely state, not the status of the Union Territory.

Singh said Pakistan’s references to Jammu and Kashmir were intended to divert international attention from its own record. “Pakistan’s propaganda is designed to mask its domestic failures and support for terrorism. Its misuse of the OIC Coordinator’s role only reinforces this deception,” she said. India also objected to the OIC’s references to Jammu and Kashmir, calling them unacceptable.

'Frankenstein state’ remark targets Pakistan’s terror record

The Indian diplomat delivered one of New Delhi’s strongest recent statements at the Council, accusing Pakistan of nurturing terrorism as an instrument of state policy. “This is the country where the sitting defence minister boasts of hosting, training and deploying terrorists as a state policy, and yet Pakistan calls itself a victim of terrorism, indeed a paradox which only Pakistan could sustain,” Singh said.

She added that Pakistan was “a living example of a Frankenstein state, which is shocked when its own monster bites back”. The comment was aimed at Pakistan’s repeated claim that it is itself a victim of terrorism, while India has long accused Islamabad of giving shelter, support and operational space to anti-India terror groups.

India’s position at global forums has hardened in recent years, particularly on attempts by Pakistan to raise Kashmir in settings that New Delhi considers unrelated to bilateral matters. India argues that Pakistan’s human rights criticism lacks credibility because of its record on terrorism, minority rights and political repression in territories under its control.

Indus Waters Treaty called outdated

India also used the platform to underline its concerns over the Indus Waters Treaty, the 1960 water-sharing agreement brokered by the World Bank. New Delhi’s broad position is that the treaty was framed in a very different era and does not adequately account for present challenges, including demographic pressure, clean energy needs, climate stress and Pakistan’s repeated objections to Indian hydropower projects.

The treaty allocates the waters of the eastern rivers Ravi, Beas and Sutlej to India, while giving Pakistan rights over the western rivers Indus, Jhelum and Chenab, with limited Indian use permitted for agriculture, hydropower and other non-consumptive purposes. Despite wars and prolonged diplomatic crises, the agreement has survived for more than six decades, making it one of the most closely watched water-sharing arrangements in the world.

However, India has argued that the treaty’s implementation has been repeatedly hampered by Pakistan’s objections to projects on the western rivers. New Delhi has also taken the view that a pact negotiated in 1960 cannot remain insulated from major changes in technology, climate patterns, national requirements and security concerns. Pakistan, for its part, has traditionally opposed any unilateral change to the treaty.

Rawalakot unrest brings PoJK back into focus

India also raised the situation in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, citing unrest in Rawalakot and alleging repression by Pakistani authorities. Singh referred to reports of a security operation on June 14, when protesters linked to the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee were allegedly dispersed from a sit-in at the Eidgah site.

According to the group, at least two people were killed and several others injured during the operation. It also alleged communication disruptions and restrictions on the movement of essential supplies after the crackdown. India presented the unrest as evidence of deeper political and rights-related tensions in territories under Pakistan’s control.

“The ongoing tragedy in Rawalakot, the killing of hundreds of civilians and the brutal crackdown across Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir are the predictable outcome of a system built on forcible occupation and sustained through repression,” Singh said. Pakistan has generally rejected Indian criticism of conditions in PoJK, accusing New Delhi of deflecting scrutiny from Jammu and Kashmir.