India has expressed concern over the condition of minorities in Pakistan after the neighbouring country alleged that Christians were prevented from celebrating Christmas in India (Image X @anishsingh21)
New Delhi: In a strong rebuttal to vicious propaganda by Pakistan, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has rejected allegations of attacks on religious minorities in India.
In a strongly worded statement on Monday, the MEA urged Pakistan to mend its "abysmal record on this front".
"We reject the reported remarks from a country whose abysmal record on this front speaks for itself. Pakistan’s horrific and systemic victimisation of minorities of various faiths is a well established fact. No amount of finger pointing will obfuscate it," the MEA said in a statement.
The MEA statement came after Pakistan’s foreign affairs spokesperson Tahir Andrabi’s urged the global community to take note of recent incidents alleged attacks on religious minorities in India, including what he termed as "Christmas-related vandalism and attacks on Muslims".
Pakistan had also issued a statement against the flag-hosting ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya last month in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also participated.
The MEA had described the Pakistani statement as politically motivated and unacceptable, pointing out that Pakistan had no right to comment on India’s internal affairs.
"We have seen the reported remarks and reject them with the contempt they deserve. As a country with a deeply stained record of bigotry, repression, and systemic mistreatment of its minorities, Pakistan has no moral standing to lecture others. Rather than delivering hypocritical homilies, Pakistan would do better to turn its gaze inwards and focus on its own abysmal human rights record," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal had said in a statement.
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