April 1, 2016 2:02 PM

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Kiren Rijiju slams China for blocking India's bid to ban Masood

Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju today slammed China for blocking India's bid at the UN for a ban on Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammud chief Masood Azhar. <br/><br/>In response to a question about yesterday's development at the United Nations, he said, India will take appropriate action.<br/><br/>Yesterday, China had requested the UN Committee, which is considering a ban on the JeM chief, to keep on hold the designation.<br/><br/>After the terror attack on the Pathankot airbase on 2nd of January, India in February wrote to the UN calling for immediate action to list Azhar under the Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee. <br/><br/>The submission was armed with strong evidence of the outfit's terror activities and its role in the Pathankot attack that killed seven Indian military personnel.<br/><br/>India also told the UN Sanctions Committee that not listing Azhar would expose it and other countries in South Asia to threats from the terror group and its leader.

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