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India Slams OIC at UN for Equating Terror Victims with Perpetrators
- •India strongly rebuked the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation at the UN for failing to distinguish between terror victims and perpetrators.
- •Speaking at the UN General Assembly, BJP MP Biplab Kumar Deb stated that India has every right to protect its citizens from cross-border terrorism.
- •Deb invoked the April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack, highlighting the devastating human cost of terrorism originating from across the western border.
- •India defended its targeted military actions against terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
- •New Delhi categorically rejected the OIC's references to Jammu and Kashmir, accusing Pakistan of illegal occupation and rights violations.
Key Questions Answered
India criticized the OIC for failing to distinguish between terrorism perpetrators and victims while rejecting its remarks on India's counter-terrorism actions against infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The Ministry of External Affairs also stated that the OIC has no locus standi to comment on internal Indian matters.
Referring to the April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, Indian representatives highlighted the human cost of cross-border terrorism and noted that the attack was claimed by The Resistance Front, a proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba.
India firmly rejected the OIC's references to Jammu and Kashmir, with representative Biplab Kumar Deb accusing Pakistan of illegally occupying parts of the region and pointing to rights violations occurring within Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Furthermore, the Ministry of External Affairs emphasized that the entirety of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh remain integral parts of India.
