Delivering India's assertion throughout the Interactive Dialogue on the human rights scenario in Myanmar on the Third Committee of the UN Normal Meeting on Tuesday, Lok Sabha MP Dilip Saikia stated New Delhi continues to help all initiatives aimed toward fostering belief and advancing a “Myanmar-owned and Myanmar-led path” towards peace, stability and democracy.
“We reiterate our constant place calling for a right away cessation of violence, launch of political prisoners, unhindered supply of humanitarian help and inclusive political dialogue,” he stated.
The UN's Third Committee, which offers with human rights and humanitarian points, was debating the worsening scenario in Myanmar following the 2021 army coup and ongoing violence between the junta and resistance forces.
Saikia, who's a part of a multi-party delegation led by BJP MP Daggubati Purandeswari to symbolize India on the eightieth United Nations Normal Meeting, stated India has “persistently emphasised a people-centric strategy” in its engagement with Myanmar.
Strongly criticising the remarks made by the UN Particular Rapporteur towards India in its report on Myanmar's human rights scenario, he stated: “I categorical severe objections to the baseless and biased statement within the report concerning my nation.” Saikia stated the declare linking the April 2025 terrorist assault in Pahalgam with displaced individuals from Myanmar has completely no factual bearing. “My nation rejects such prejudice and blinkered evaluation by the Particular Rapporteur,” he stated.
The parliamentarian confused that the deteriorating safety and humanitarian scenario in Myanmar stays a “matter of deep concern” for India, notably due to its “cross-border implications”, together with the challenges posed by “transnational crimes similar to drug, arms and human trafficking”.
He cautioned that India has noticed an “alarming degree of radicalisation” amongst some displaced individuals, resulting in “strain and influence on the regulation and order scenario”.
Urging the UN knowledgeable to not depend on “unverified and skewed media reviews whose sole function seems to be maligning” India, Saikia underscored that the nation is residence to over 200 million Muslims, which is about 10 per cent of the world's Muslim inhabitants, dwelling in concord with folks of all faiths.
Citing latest examples, the BJP MP from Darrang-Udalguri in Assam, famous that following the March 2025 earthquake, India promptly launched Operation Brahma, dispatching over 1,000 metric tonnes of reduction supplies and deploying medical groups as the primary responder.
“This constructed upon our earlier humanitarian initiatives, together with Operation Sahayata throughout Hurricane Hiyaki and India's steady help throughout earlier pure calamities,” he added.
The parliamentarian reaffirmed India's dedication to peace and stability within the area, its engagement with ASEAN, and continued help to the UN Secretary-Normal's efforts to facilitate a peaceable decision for the folks of Myanmar.
India has despatched two multi-party delegations to the eightieth Normal Meeting.
The primary group, headed by P P Chaudhary, was in New York between October 8 and October 14, whereas the Purandeswari-led workforce arrived on October 27.
Apart from Saikia, the opposite members of the delegation embody V D Sharma, Dilip Saikia, Rekha Sharma of the BJP, RJD's Manoj Kumar Jha, DMK's P Wilson, TMC(M)'s G Okay Vasan and AAP's Sandeep Kumar Pathak, amongst others.
