India has criticised the United Nations Security Council's al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee for a lack of accountability when it comes to the decisions it takes on requests made by nations to designate individuals as terrorists. India's permanent representative to the UN, Syed Akbaruddin, said on Thursday there was a “hidden veto” being used and the general members are never informed of the reason for not acceding to requests for sanctioning terrorists, reported PTI.

"The procedures of unanimity and anonymity of the al-Qaeda, Taliban and ISIS Sanctions Committees need to be revisited," said Akbaruddin, during an open debate on "Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts".

This comes days after India said it is disappointed that a technical hold has been put on its application to designate Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a terrorist because of China's intervention. India believes Azhar was the mastermind behind the January 2 terrorist attack on its Pathankot airbase. However, China had blocked the bid to designate Azhar as a terrorist, saying the case "did not meet Security Council’s requirements".