India’s representative Biplab Kumar Deb told the UN General Assembly’s Sixth Committee that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation failed to distinguish victims of terrorism from those responsible for it. He also defended New Delhi’s right to protect citizens from cross-border attacks.
India objected to remarks by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Jammu and Kashmir and New Delhi’s actions against what it described as terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Biplab Kumar Deb, a lawmaker from Tripura, made the response at the Sixth Committee of the 81st UN General Assembly.
Deb said the OIC chair’s statement failed to distinguish those responsible for terrorism from its victims. India said it had the right to defend its citizens against cross-border attacks and warned of consequences for those involved in terrorism. These characterizations and allegations reflect the Indian representative’s position.
Deb also called the OIC’s reference to Jammu and Kashmir unwarranted and urged the group to focus instead on conditions in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, where he alleged that residents’ rights were being violated. Saudi Arabia delivered the OIC’s statement at the committee meeting.
To illustrate the consequences of terrorism, Deb cited the April 2025 attack in Pahalgam, in which 26 civilians were killed. He described it as planned by cross-border networks and called for international action against terrorism, saying attacks on civilians could not be justified.