Tharoor Roasts Pakistan With Impeccable English

“Vituperative mudslinging.” Pakistan found itself at the receiving end of Tharoor’s latest English attack.

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00:00These malicious efforts will not be allowed to succeed by the Parliament of India.

00:07We expect better from parliamentarians than vituperative mudslinging.

00:31Pakistan has raised an issue that is internal to India

00:35and extraneous to our discussions for narrow political gains.

00:39The Indian delegation rejects outright and strongly condemns such references.

00:45Madam Chairperson, I am a member of parliament from the leading opposition party in India.

00:51We will continue to use our parliament to discuss and debate with our own government on Kashmir and other issues.

00:58We will, however, fight our own battles, democratically, and do not need or welcome interference from across the border.

01:07Madam Chairperson, Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India.

01:12It is ironic that a state that is responsible for inflicting countless cross-border terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir

01:21is trying to masquerade as the champion of Kashmiris.

01:25They are not. These malicious efforts will not be allowed to succeed by the Parliament of India.

01:31We expect better from parliamentarians than vituperative mudslinging.

01:37We hope the delegation of Pakistan will refrain from misusing this august forum again

01:43in the collective interest of parliaments of the world,

01:46focused on serious issues that are under discussion here at the IPU Assembly.

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