India welcomes UN listing of Masood Azhar as global terrorist; PM calls it big success

India Wednesday welcomed the listing of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN with Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing it as a "big success" for the country's efforts to root out terrorism.

Political parties cutting across ideological divide as well as strategic affairs experts also hailed the UN action against the Pakistan-based Azhar, nearly a decade after India first pushed for banning the terrorist, who is the mastermind of several major terror strikes in India.

"It is a big success for India's efforts to root out terrorism... India's voice is being heard globally. India's views cannot be ignored any longer, it has been proved," Modi said an election rally in Jaipur.

In its reaction, the External Affairs Ministry called Azhar's designation as a UN proscribed terrorist as a step in the right direction to demonstrate the international community's resolve to fight against terrorism and its enablers.

The UN Sanctions Committee on Wednesday designated .