Union Home Minister Amit Shah reiterated the government's stance, highlighting the outfit's persistent involvement in activities that fuel terror and secessionism in the region. Shah sternly cautioned that individuals challenging the nation's security, sovereignty, and integrity would face severe legal repercussions.
The Narendra Modi-led government on Saturday (March 16) announced the extension of the ban on the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), spearheaded by Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik. Union Home Minister Amit Shah reiterated the government's stance, highlighting the outfit's persistent involvement in activities that fuel terror and secessionism in the region. Shah sternly cautioned that individuals challenging the nation's security, sovereignty, and integrity would face severe legal repercussions.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had previously banned Malik's outfit in 2019 under the anti-terror legislation, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA).
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The Modi government has declared the 'Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (Mohd. Yasin Malik faction)' as an 'Unlawful Association' for a further period of five years.
The banned outfit continues to engage in activities that foment terror and secessionism in Jammu and Kashmir.…
The Modi government has designated the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Freedom League as an 'Unlawful Association' for five years. The organization threatened India's integrity by promoting, aiding and abetting the secession of Jammu and Kashmir through terrorism.
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Pursuing PM Ji's policy of zero-tolerance towards terrorism, the MHA has declared four factions of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League—namely, JKPL (Mukhtar Ahmed Waza), JKPL (Bashir Ahmad Tota), JKPL (Ghulam Mohammad Khan) and JKPL (Aziz Sheikh) led by Yaqoob…
— Amit Shah (Modi Ka Parivar) (@AmitShah)This decision followed the government's prohibition of Jamat-e-Islami (JeI-J&K) under the same law, underscoring a concerted effort to curb elements posing threats to national security.
Utilizing the provisions of the UAPA, the JKLF has been designated as an 'unlawful association,' granting the Centre the authority to enforce this ban by officially declaring it in the Official Gazette.