A Chinese media had said that India should focus on redrawing its anti-terrorism policy rather than blaming Pakistan without firm evidence for the Pulwama attack and holding China responsible for blocking India efforts to list JeM chief, Masood Azhar, as a terrorist at the UN also without proof, Chinese state media has said.
India has failed to provide “solid evidence” against Azhar and China has rightly practised caution against listing him as a terrorist, said the state media comment piece. It advised “quiet diplomacy” on India part to “better address” the Azhar issue. “Without solid evidence, India has long accused Pakistan of sponsoring terrorist attacks by JeM and other militant groups and China of providing uncritical support for Pakistan,” the article said. It also asked a question, “Instead of simply blaming other countries, especially Pakistan and China, shouldn’t the Indian government make more self-introspection on its anti-terrorism policy and dwell more on how to better administer the India-controlled part of Kashmir?”
Blaming Pakistan and China is also expected to disrupt the anti-terrorism efforts under the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which admitted New Delhi and Islamabad in 2017.