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Days following, law enforcement officials attempted to stifle the group’s operations, and the PFI (Popular Front of India) and its members were banned for five years by the Centre. The PFI (Popular Front of India) and its affiliates are said to represent a ” danger to the internal security of the country” and to be linked to terrorist groups like ISIS, based on the Ministry of Home Affairs, which utilized the Unlawful organisations (Prevention) Act to enforce the ban. Agencies searched the PFI offices before the ban and discovered questionable documents and unexplained funds.
Key Takeaways
- The MHA declared the Popular Front of India (PFI) to be an “illegal association,” along with “its associates or affiliates or fronts
- The political arm of the PFI, the SDPI, was not included in the prohibition.
- The PFI (Popular Front of India) declared its dissolution after the prohibition.
- Law enforcement agencies can jail PFI participants, restrict their accounts, and take their assets due to the PFI and its affiliates’ classification as “illegal associations.”
Major PFI Crackdown
In 93 locations across 15 states (Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Assam, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar, and Manipur), the NIA and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches on September 22. At least 106 PFI leaders and their supporters were detained in the initial raids.
As part of Operation Octopus, the NIA and other investigative agencies conducted warrants on PFI members for allegedly sponsoring terrorism in the nation. The second wave of raids took place on Tuesday in Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Assam, and Maharashtra.
In linkage with five cases that the NIA registered after receiving ongoing information and proof that top PFI representatives and members were implicated in committing crimes against humanity & terrorist activities, running camps to train people in using weapons, and radicalizing individuals into joining prohibited organisations, searches were conducted out at the homes and businesses of top PFI and members.
The state administration and the BJP applaud the ban; SDPI breaks with PFI
To support its decision to revoke the PFI (Popular Front of India) and its nine affiliate organisations’ licenses under the Unauthorized Activities (Prevention) Act of 1967, the MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs) cites four murder cases involving Hindutva activists wherein PFI. Still, also its affiliate organisations’ members have been implicated.
In addition to six additional murder cases from Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the notification lists the deaths of Praveen Pujari (2016), Hindutva activists R. Rudresh (2016), Sharath Madiwala (2017), and Praveen Nettaru (2022). CFI (Campus Front of India), a PFI-affiliated student organisation, has also been outlawed by MHA. The state administration has charged CFI with starting the Udupi hijab controversy.
About the Popular Front of India
- The PFI (Popular Front of India) is a political group for Muslims in India.
- It is a form of Muslim minority ideology that is radical and exclusive.
- On Sept 28, 2022, the Indian Home Affairs Ministry banned it for five years under the Unlawful Associations (Prevention) Act because it was founded to attack Hindus (UAPA).
When was PFI created?
- By joining forces with the Karnataka Forum for Dignity and the NDF (National Development Front), the Popular Front of India (PFI) was created in 2006. (KFD).
- The group described itself as a “neo-social movement devoted to enabling individuals to advance justice, liberty, and protection.”
Government and BJP support the ban
The State administration has received the prohibition placed on PFI and its affiliates. Basavaraj Bommai, the chief minister, praised PM Narendra Modi & Union HM Amit Shah for taking action to enact the long-awaited ban on PFI and its affiliates.
“Mutants of outlawed organisations SIMI (Student Islamic Movement of India) and KFD (Karnataka Forum for Dignity) ” was how he defined PFI. He said that the now-banned organisations had “no respect for the Constitution and Constitution.” He had committed several violent crimes on the instructions of sources beyond India.
HM Araga Jnanendra, who was the first to describe last week’s NIA searches as “a start towards outlawing the organisation,” applauded the ban and stated that it was crucial for national security.
The BJP’s National Secretary General, C. T. Ravi, praised the action and urged other parties to go beyond short-term political interests and refrain from engaging in “appeasement politics” regarding global defence problems.
SDPI sets itself apart
The SDPI (Social Democratic Party of India), which is also intimately linked to PFI, has been attempting to separate itself from the organisations that have been banned since Wednesday. According to Ataullah Jokatte, a member of the SDPI state committee, neither the political party nor PFI is officially connected. It’s accurate to say that a few of our individuals also belong to PFI. But there is absolutely no organisational connection between us,” he continued.
