UNSC 'technical hold' on Pak terrorist Rauf Asghar shows 'double standards'

New Delhi 

India on Friday flayed UN Security Council decision to keep matters pertaining to terrorism on 'technical hold' and said that such "double standards and continuing politicisation" have made the sanctions committee suffer credibility question.

"It is most regrettable that genuine and evidence-based listing proposals pertaining to some of the most notorious terrorists in the world are being placed on hold. Double standards and continuing politicisation have rendered credibility of the sanctions committee at an all-time low," MEA spokesman Arindam Bagchi told reporters here.

The technical hold was put on August 11 by China.

"This is an issue our permanent representative made a statement on; flagged the concern categorically. 

We note with regret that a technical hold has been placed on the listing proposal for Abdul Rauf Asghar," he said.

In the context of India and China, he, however, said - "We have consistently maintained the necessity of 

mutual respect, mutual sensitivity and mutual interest, as the basis of the development of ties".

China has put a 'technical hold' at the UNSC on the proposal by India co-sponsored by the United States to 

designate Jaish-e-Mohammad's terrorist Abdul Rauf Asghar.

Rauf is the younger brother of Maulana Masood Azhar.

On the suicide of Mandeep Kaur in New York, the MEA spokesman said, it "was very tragic". 

"Our Consulate in New York is in touch with the local authorities, police, family and the Indian community. 

Our embassy in Washington, DC is in contact with US authorities, who assured us of appropriate action".

The MEA spokesman said the Indian Embassy and Consulate will keep putting in their efforts for a thorough 

investigation and give the necessary help to family members.

The 30-year-old Indian-origin woman died by suicide at her residence in New York on August 1 after 

reportedly suffering years of domestic violence.

The Delhi Commission for Women has written to Minister of External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar seeking immediate 

action in Kaur’s case. 

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