NEW DELHI – In a strong reaction to the resolution by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation – the international organization consisting of 57 member states – which condemned ‘state-sponsored’ terrorism by India in occupied Kashmir during its 46th session in the UAE – Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a failed diplomacy.

In reaction to the OIC resolution, the Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari as saying, “The NDA-BJP government touted it as a huge diplomatic success for India that it has been invited to attend the plenary … but what happened in Abu Dhabi is extremely disturbing for India.” Tewari said the Congress would like to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi and EAM Swaraj whether this was the ‘diplomatic achievement’.

He criticized External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj that she knew nothing about diplomacy while India had failed miserably for presenting its point of view in the OIC.

The 46th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) had concluded that “Jammu and Kashmir remained the core dispute between Pakistan and India” and “its resolution is indispensable for the dream for peace in South Asia”.

“The OIC resolution also condemned in the strongest terms the recent wave of Indian terrorism in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and expressed deep concern over the atrocities and human rights violations in IOK (Indian Occupied Kashmir),” the statement said.

“The resolution also reminded the international community of its obligation to ensure implementation of UN Security Council resolutions on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute,” the FO statement read.