India has sharply rejected references to Jammu & Kashmir contained in resolutions adopted during the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Baghdad, accusing Pakistan of once again using the grouping to advance what New Delhi described as a politically motivated anti-India agenda.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the OIC’s comments on Jammu & Kashmir were “malicious, biased and false”, reiterating that the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh are integral and inalienable parts of India and beyond the jurisdiction of any external body.
The latest exchange underscores a familiar diplomatic pattern in which Pakistan seeks to keep the Kashmir issue alive at international forums, particularly within the OIC, while India maintains that constitutional changes undertaken in August 2019 have firmly integrated Jammu & Kashmir into the national mainstream and rendered external commentary irrelevant.
The MEA accused Pakistan of misusing the OIC platform and said the Islamic grouping had repeatedly allowed itself to become a vehicle for Islamabad’s political messaging. New Delhi also questioned the credibility of the organisation for endorsing what it termed “fabricated and hostile” narratives against India.
India used the opportunity to highlight what it described as major economic and infrastructure gains in Jammu & Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370, contrasting them with conditions in Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK).
The ministry alleged that civilian protests in PoJK had been met with repression and human rights violations, asserting that the situation exposed what it characterised as Pakistan’s double standards on Kashmir-related issues.
The MEA further reiterated India’s long-standing position that the only unresolved issue relating to Jammu & Kashmir concerns territories under Pakistan’s occupation and what New Delhi describes as Islamabad’s continued support for cross-border terrorism.
The ministry also rejected references to alleged Islamophobia in India contained in the OIC resolutions, calling them an attempt to divert international attention from Pakistan’s own record on minority rights, sectarian violence and domestic political instability.
