The Social Democratic Party of India, the political wing of the Popular Front of India, which was banned in India on Wednesday, said the move was a direct blow to democracy and people’s rights. SDPI National President MK Faizy said the 5-year ban is part of the undeclared emergency that is clearly visible in the country.
“Anyone who spoke out against the wrong and anti-people policies of the BJP regime faced threats of arrest and raids by them. Freedom of speech, protest and organization were ruthlessly suppressed by the regime against the basic principles of the Indian constitution. The regime is misusing investigative agencies and laws to silence the opposition and scare people from voicing dissent,” the statement said.
Here are the latest updates on the PFI ban:
1. The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday issued a notification banning the Popular Front of India, a radical Muslim organisation, for five years.
2. Apart from PFI, Rehab India Foundation, Campus Front of India, All India Imams Council, National Confederation of Human Rights Organization, National Women’s Front, Junior Front, Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation, Kerala were also declared illegal.
3. The government said that all these organizations have terror links and although they function as educational, political or socio-economic organizations, they secretly work to radicalize a section of society.
4. The demand for the ban has been raised by the state governments of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka, the Center said.
5. BJP leaders and the Chief Minister welcomed the move to ban the organization for five years. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said the action is a message to all anti-national organisations.
6. Spiritual head of Ajmer Dargah Zainul Abedin Ali Khan on Wednesday supported the ban saying that the country is bigger than any institution. “If the country is safe, then we are safe, the country is bigger than any institution or idea and if someone talks about breaking this country, breaking the unity and sovereignty here, talking about spoiling the peace in the country, then he has no right.” live here,” Khan said.
7. The ban comes after two rounds of massive countrywide raids on PFI and SDPI leaders.
8. In the government order banning PFI, the government said that PFI has clear links to terror. Some of the founding members of PFI are leaders of SIMI and Jamat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh.
9. There have been many instances of PFI being linked to global terrorist groups and some PFI activists have joined ISIS and engaged in terrorist activities in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, the government said.
10. Banning PFI means it is now known as a terrorist organization. Its representatives would not be able to organize protests, seminars, conferences, donations, etc.
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