India rejects OIC's J&K reference as 'unacceptable'

After the OIC again raised the J&K issue, India on Thursday rejected what it described as yet another unacceptable reference to the Union Territory saying the grouping has no locus stand on matters relating to what is an integral part of India. “It is reiterated that the OIC General Secretariat should refrain from allowing vested interests to exploit its platform for comments on internal affairs of India,” said the MEA spokesperson. India has repeatedly asked OIC to not allow Pakistan to use it for baseless propaganda on the Kashmir issue. The comments by MEA followed a statement issued by the General Secretariat of the OIC on the second anniversary of the withdrawal of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. The OIC General Secretariat reiterated its “call to revoke all these steps”. It also emphasised on its call on the international community to increase its efforts to resolve the J&K issue in accordance with “relevant UNSC resolutions”.