New Delhi, Oct 19: India on Monday rejected a resolution on Jammu and Kashmir adopted by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), accusing Pakistan of using the 57-member bloc to advance its “bigoted agenda” and divert international attention from its human rights record.
In a statement issued a day after the resolution was adopted at the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) described the references to India as “malicious, biased and false”, alleging that they had been orchestrated by Pakistan.
“We are disappointed that the OIC has once again allowed itself to be misused by Pakistan for its bigoted agenda,” the MEA said, adding that the organisation had “no locus standi whatsoever” to comment on matters strictly internal to India.
Reiterating India’s position on Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the ministry said the two Union Territories were “integral and inalienable parts of India” and that politically motivated statements could not alter this reality.
The MEA said Jammu and Kashmir had witnessed significant economic growth since the abrogation of Article 370, citing infrastructure development, tourism and improved connectivity as areas where benefits had accrued directly to people.
Contrasting the situation with Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), the ministry accused Islamabad of using violence and repression against civilian protesters, claiming that scores of people, including women and children, had been killed.
“No amount of media blackout has been able to hide these grave violations of human rights,” it said.
The MEA maintained that the issues concerning Jammu and Kashmir that remained to be addressed were Pakistan vacating territories under its “illegal and forcible occupation” and ending its support for cross-border terrorism.
India also criticised what it described as fabricated and hostile references in the OIC resolutions, including allegations relating to Islamophobia. The ministry said these were attempts by Pakistan to divert attention from its own record on minority persecution and sectarian violence.
The OIC, a grouping of 57 member states, has repeatedly issued statements and adopted resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir, particularly after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, which withdrew the erstwhile state’s special status.
The latest resolution comes weeks after a joint communiqué was issued by the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September 2026.
Questioning the organisation’s credibility, the MEA said its repeated endorsement of what it called malicious propaganda and narratives advanced by Pakistan raised serious concerns about its integrity.
“We hope its members will do better and reform this organisation,” the ministry said.
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