![]() In my previous article on PFI, I have tried to highlight PFI’s prolonged criminal activities like killings, destruction of property, threats to the internal security of the country, linkages with terrorist organisations like the ISIS, involvement in money laundering and how a ban will be justified. Legally also, under the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the ECI doesn’t have the power to de-register a political party. It falls under the purview of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and not the Ministry of Home Affairs. ![]() The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political arm of PFI, has been left out because of legal complications. Other than PFI, the Centre also banned its affiliates including Rehab India Foundation (RIF), Campus Front of India (CFI), All India Imams Council (AIIC), National Confederation of Human Rights Organization (NCHRO), National Women’s Front, Junior Front, Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation Kerala as ‘unlawful association’. ![]() The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) affiliated to the PFI protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in New Delhi in 2019 (Photo: IANS)Īfter years of deliberation by state governments, intellectuals and experts, the Modi Government in a surprising move banned the Popular Front of India (PFI) for five years in the early hours of 28 September 2022 under the stringent anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019.
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