India, May 6 -- India on Tuesday hit out strongly at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for its recent statement on the ghastly Pahalgam terror attack, calling it "absurd" and "politically motivated." The MEA also blamed Pakistan for manipulating the group to push an anti-India agenda.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday issued a sharp rebuttal after the OIC Group in New York released a statement that appeared to question India's narrative on the April 22 attack in which 26 civilians, mostly tourists, were killed in Kashmir's Pahalgam.

"The OIC statement, issued at the behest of Pakistan, is absurd in refusing to recognise the facts of the Pahalgam terrorist attack and its cross-border linkages. This is yet anot...