Sushma Swaraj delivers 'one tight slap' to Pakistan at UNGA

Sushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs for India, speaks during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, on Monday. Pic/AP/PTI

In a sharp rebuke to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's "tirade" on Kashmir, India's Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said those accusing others of rights violations must introspect as it censured Pakistan for the first time at the UNGA for perpetrating the "worst form of state oppression" in Balochistan.

Taking a veiled dig at Pakistan, the External Affairs Minister in her address at the 71st UN General Assembly (UNGA) session said there are nations "in our midst" where UN designated terrorists roam freely and deliver "their poisonous sermons of hate with impunity", an apparent reference to Mumbai attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed.

During her nearly 20-minute speech, she also made a strong pitch for isolating such nations who speak the language of terrorism and for whom sheltering terrorists has become "their calling card".

In a strong rebuttal of the "baseless allegations" made by Sharif from the podium of the General Assembly about human rights violations by India in Kashmir, Swaraj said, "I can only say that those accusing others of human rights violations would do well to introspect and see what egregious abuses they are perpetrating in their own country, including in Balochistan. The brutality against the Baloch people represents the worst form of state oppression."

Well, Twitterverse applauded the minister for her handling of the situation and for slamming Pakistan.

HERE'S HOW TWITTERATI REACTED TO HER SPEECH:

Even AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal praised her