India has strongly reacted to Beijing's blocking of its bid to ban Pakistani terrorist chief Masood Azhar at the United Nations. An upset New Delhi lashed out at China for blocking its bid to designate the head of the Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed as a global terrorist.

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In an indirect reference to China, India's ministry of external affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup said that 14 countries were in favor of ban but only one country oppose the move. Last week, China extended its technical hold on banning Azhar by the UN Sanctions Committee. It was the second time that Beijing had stopped the UN panel from putting Azhar on the proscribed list of global terrorists.

India also slammed United Nations for its continuous failure to designate Azhar as a global terrorist. "The committee has already pondered over our submission for the last six months. It will get a further three months to ponder, but that will in no way change the extreme situation," Swarup said. "We have the committee designating terrorist organization, but failing to or ignoring the need to designate the organizations' most active and dangerous terrorist."

He stated that the UN Sanctions Committee should to designate Azhar as a global terrorist to send a "strong signal" to all terror groups that international community will not pursue a selective approach to terrorism. India has accused Azhar and his terror organization being involved in 2001 parliament attack and the recent attack on the Pathankot airbase.

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