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India rejects OIC Jammu and Kashmir references

Ministry of External Affairs calls remarks 'unwarranted and factually incorrect'

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MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal shared India's statement on references to it in the joint communique of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu & Kashmir

What this story says

  • India rejected remarks on Jammu and Kashmir in an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) communique, calling them 'unwarranted and factually incorrect'.
  • The Ministry of External Affairs stated the OIC has no locus standi to comment on matters internal to India.
  • Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar addressed a ministerial meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir in New York.
  • India urged the OIC to counsel Pakistan over terrorism instead of providing a platform for propaganda.

Who covered it

Left 11%(1)Centre 22%(2)Right 67%(6)

Percentages are shares of the 9 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 7 of the 16 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

50/100

Craft

60/100

Hype

20/100

16 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

Only 1 of the 9 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

India has rejected references to Jammu and Kashmir made in a joint communique by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) described the remarks as 'unwarranted and factually incorrect' and stated that the OIC has no locus standi to comment on matters internal to India. The MEA reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are integral parts of India.

The response from India followed a ministerial meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir in New York, attended by Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar. Dar urged OIC member states to maintain a unified position on Jammu and Kashmir at international forums and reiterated Pakistan's commitment to a settlement in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people.

The MEA stated that the OIC's repeated endorsement of such narratives raises questions about the organisation's credibility. India urged the OIC to counsel Pakistan over terrorism instead of providing it a platform to propagate what India described as fabricated and motivated propaganda.

Disagreement on OIC's role

The Ministry of External Affairs stated the OIC has no locus standi to comment on matters internal to India. The OIC, however, reiterated its support for the right to self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, according to the amarujala.com digest.

What the coverage left out

None of the left-rated digests mention Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar addressing the OIC meeting. None of the centre-rated digests mention Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar addressing the OIC meeting. None of the right-rated digests mention Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar addressing the OIC meeting.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 23 Sept 2026, 14:30, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

1 rated outlet

  • The left-rated report led on the statement that the OIC's remarks were 'factually incorrect'. It also noted that the statement came hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the Kashmir issue during his address to world leaders.

Centre

2 rated outlets

  • The centre-rated reports led on India rejecting the OIC's remarks on Jammu and Kashmir and questioning its credibility. They highlighted the MEA's statement that the OIC has no locus standi to comment on India's internal matters and reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are integral parts of the country. The reports also mentioned the MEA's call for the OIC to counsel Pakistan on terrorism.

Right

6 rated outlets

  • The right-rated reports led on India rejecting the OIC's references to Jammu and Kashmir and stating the group has 'no locus standi'. They also highlighted India's call for the OIC to counsel Pakistan on terrorism and reiterated that Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh are integral, inalienable parts of India. One report noted that the MEA said the OIC will be better advised to counsel Pakistan, which has a well-documented record of supporting and sponsoring terrorism.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover India rejects OIC Jammu and Kashmir references?
Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 11% are rated left, 22% are rated centre, 67% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 16. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is India rejects OIC Jammu and Kashmir references left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 9 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of India rejects OIC Jammu and Kashmir references biased?
India rejects OIC Jammu and Kashmir references is one event reported by 16 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting India rejects OIC Jammu and Kashmir references?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered India rejects OIC Jammu and Kashmir references?
16 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Why did India reject the OIC's remarks on Jammu and Kashmir?
India rejected the remarks as 'unwarranted and factually incorrect'. The Ministry of External Affairs stated that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has no locus standi to comment on matters that are strictly internal to India, reiterating that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are integral parts of the country.
What did Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister say at the OIC meeting?
Mohammad Ishaq Dar addressed a ministerial meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir. He urged OIC member states to maintain a unified position on the issue at international forums and reiterated Pakistan's commitment to a settlement in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people.
What did India suggest the OIC should do instead?
India suggested that the OIC would be better advised to counsel Pakistan over terrorism. The Ministry of External Affairs stated that the organisation should not provide a platform for fabricated and motivated propaganda, given Pakistan's documented record of supporting and sponsoring terrorism.

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16 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

Left

1

Centre

2

Right

6

Not rated

7

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