NEW YORK, 22, January, 2021 (TON): At the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Pakistan and India sparred over the situation of minority rights in each other's countries as the assembly adopted a resolution, co-sponsored by Pakistan.

India highlighted Pakistan for co-sponsoring the resolution under the agenda of culture of peace and safeguarding religious sites.

India, at the Adoption of Resolution on promoting culture of peace & tolerance to safeguard religious sites, at the United Nations, said," The resolution cannot be smokescreen for countries like Pakistan to hide behind."

India’s representative at the UN assembly stated various incidents from the history of Pakistan and stated that it is a matter of great irony where the most recent attack and demolition of a Hindu temple took place.

As per the media, the ambassador also clarified India’s position on safeguarding religious establishments saying the country has stringent laws against violence or discrimination based on religion and referred to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act of 1991.

Exercising right of reply, the Pakistani delegate Chheena said, "The clear difference between India and Pakistan with respect to minority rights can be gauged from the fact that the accused in the Karak incident were immediately arrested, orders were issued for repairing the temple, the highest level of judiciary took immediate notice, and the senior political leadership condemned the incident.

"Whereas in India, blatant acts of discrimination against Muslims and other minorities take place with state complicity," he added.

As a matter of fact, the most recent incident took place on 17th January, 2021, in the Kanpur city, Uttar Pradesh India, where a Muslim shrine had been vandalized by some miscreants and certainly no justified action has been taken since then.

Mishandling a single brick of some property is said to be encroached in one way or another.