Earlier this week, while responding to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s tirade against India under right to reply, the Indian diplomatic mission at the UN was also point-blank and did not hesitate to call the neighbouring country “Ivy League of terror”.

Sushma Swaraj’s tone during her address to the UNGA on Monday is also likely to be equally tough and blunt. India’s much-awaited address at the United Nations General Assembly is scheduled later on Monday with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj expected to focus on the recent terror attack at Uri in Kashmir, up the ante against Pakistan and seek global support to dub it a “terror state”.

“Rulers of Pakistan, listen. The sacrifices of our 18 soldiers won’t go in vain. India has been successful in isolating you. We will force you to be left alone in the world. That day is not far when people of Pakistan will take to streets to fight against the rulers and fight terrorism,” Modi had said.

Sushma Swaraj is also expected to give a befitting reply to an earlier address at the UNGA by Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Under the UNGA’s right to reply, after Sharif’s address, the Indian diplomatic mission at the UN was also point-blank and called the neighbouring country the “Ivy League of terror”.

First secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN, Eenam Gambhir, had said in response to Sharif’s speech at the UNGA: “When practised as an instrument of state policy it is a war crime. What my country and our other neighbours are facing today is Pakistan’s long-standing policy of sponsoring terrorism, the consequences of which have spread well beyond our region.”

Gambhir added that India sees Pakistan as “a terrorist state” that channelises billions of dollars to train, finance and support terrorist organisations in carrying out attacks against India and other neighbours.