Govt bans J&K groups for involvement in terror, extends JKLF prohibition for 5 years

THE MHA Saturday banned the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Freedom League and all factions of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League associated with the separatist conglomerate Hurriyat Conference under the UAPA for five years. In another order, the Centre has also extended the ban on the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), which is led by imprisoned terror accused Yasin Malik, for another five years. In a post of X, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “The Modi government has designated the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Freedom League (JKPFL) as an Unlawful Association for five years. The organisation threatened India’s integrity by promoting, aiding and abetting the secession of Jammu and Kashmir through terrorism.”

Shah also said, “…Pursuing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policy of zero-tolerance towards terrorism, the Union home ministry has declared four factions of the Jammu and Kashmir

Peoples League unlawful associations. There are the JKPL (Mukhtar Ahmed Waza), the JKPL (Bashir Ahmad Tota), the JKPL (Ghulam Mohammad Khan) and the Yaqoob Sheikhled JKPL (Aziz Sheikh). These organisations were involved in inciting terror and abetting secessionism in Jammu and Kashmir and the government is committed to suppressing terrorism ruthlessly.

“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... ,” he said. In a notification, the MHA said, “Members of the JKPFL have remained involved in supporting terrorist activities and anti-india propaganda to incite secessionism in Jammu and Kashmir, and its leaders and members have been involved in mobilising funds to perpetrate unlawful activities...”

In a separate notification, the MHA said the four factions of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League (JKPL) were indulging in unlawful activities prejudicial to the integrity, sovereignty and security of the country. “The JKPL has constantly asked the people of Jammu and Kashmir to refrain from taking part in elections and thereby, targeted and hampered the very basic constitutionally recognised fundamentals of Indian democracy,” it said, announcing the ban on these groups for 5 years. In another notification, it extended the ban on the JKLF-YASIN Malik faction for five years. The ministry also cited nearly a dozen violent cases in which the members of the group were involved.