Brief by Sorts91 Newsdesk / 12:08pm on 13 Dec 2023,Wednesday India Global
India strongly condemned a statement by the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressing "concern" over a Supreme Court verdict upholding the revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. The OIC, an influential grouping of Muslim majority nations, called the 2019 move to scrap Kashmir's autonomy "illegal" and demanded its restoration. Responding sharply, India's foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the country "rejects the statement" as "both ill-informed and ill-intended." In a veiled jab at rival Pakistan, Bagchi said the OIC's actions are at the "behest of a serial violator of human rights and an unrepentant promoter of cross border terrorism makes its action even more questionable.” He said such statements “undermine OIC’s credibility."
