Amritsar Diplomat Warns Pakistan at UN: 'No Nuclear Blackmail'ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ ਦੇ ਡਿਪਲੋਮੈਟ ਦੀ ਯੂਐਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਨੂੰ ਚੇਤਾਵਨੀ: 'ਪਰਮਾਣੂ ਧਮਕੀ ਨੂੰ ਨਹੀਂ ਝੁਕੇਗਾ ਭਾਰਤ'

Amritsar-born Indian diplomat Anmol Sher Singh Bedi told the United Nations on Friday that India will not bow to Pakistan's nuclear blackmail, delivering a sharp rebuttal to Islamabad at a General Assembly disarmament meeting in New York and warning that any terrorist attack against India would receive a fitting response.

The warning at the UN

Bedi, a senior adviser in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, spoke at the General Assembly's First Committee, which handles disarmament issues. He was responding to Pakistan's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, Tahir Andrabi.

'India will not bow to nuclear blackmail,' Bedi declared. He said any terrorist attack against India 'will receive a fitting response', and that India would 'make no distinction between those who sponsor terrorism and those who mastermind it'.

He also cautioned that nuclear weapons 'must not be treated as routine instruments of statecraft'. A posture that relies on a nuclear overhang to limit the consequences of subconventional activity, he said, 'raises the risk of escalation and not the prospect of restraint'.

Operation Sindoor and self-defence

Bedi recalled Operation Sindoor, which India launched last year against terrorist bases in Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack, in which Pakistan-based terrorists killed 26 civilians. He said India acted in self-defence and that the actions were 'measured, targeted, and designed to be non-escalatory'.

The remarks framed India's response to cross-border terrorism as a defensive necessity, drawing a sharp line between state-sponsored terror and a state's right to protect its citizens.

Nuclear posture: no-first-use

Addressing India's own nuclear doctrine, Bedi said India's nuclear capabilities are 'not directed at anyone' and are 'defensive in nature', shaped by India's own security environment. He reaffirmed that India has declared a no-first-use policy.

The statement was a clear signal that while India maintains its defensive doctrine, it will not accept the use of nuclear threats as cover for terrorist attacks.

Who is Anmol Sher Singh Bedi?

Bedi is from Amritsar, Punjab. He ranked second in the 2016 civil services examination, holds a computer science degree from BITS Pilani, and has studied Mandarin in China. He serves as a senior adviser in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.

What did India say about Pakistan's nuclear posture?

Bedi said India will not bow to nuclear blackmail and warned that nuclear weapons must not be treated as routine instruments of statecraft. He added that a posture relying on nuclear overhang to shield subconventional activity raises the risk of escalation, not restraint.

What was Operation Sindoor?

Operation Sindoor was India's action last year against terrorist bases in Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians. India described the strikes as measured, targeted and designed to be non-escalatory, taken in self-defence.

Does India follow a no-first-use nuclear policy?

Yes. Bedi reaffirmed at the UN that India has declared a no-first-use policy, and said India's nuclear capabilities are defensive in nature, shaped by its own security environment.