Why Home Ministry banned the Popular Front of India (PFI) for five years.

The Center declares the People's Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates an "illegal association" with immediate effect, banning the organization for 5 years.

In a statement issued on Tuesday night, the Union Home Office said the government believes the PFI and its affiliates have engaged in subversive activities, thereby disrupting public order and disrupting public order. undermine the constitutional structure of the country, and encourage and enforce a regressive regime based on terrorism.

It comes after authorities arrested dozens of members of the organization on Tuesday and early this month. The organization is accused of being involved in activities that are anti-national and inciting violence.

With immediate effect and for a period of five years, the Indian government has proclaimed the Popular Front of India (PFI) and any of its members or affiliates to be unlawful associations.

This occurs a day after several PFI activists were imprisoned across various states as a result of new police operations. Following operations in Shaheen Bagh, Rohini district, and Nizamuddin, 30 persons were taken into custody in Delhi. The accused were preparing a nationwide violent protest on a big scale, according to the Delhi Police.

According to the fact that certain PFI cadres have joined international terrorist organisations, "PFI and its partners, affiliations, or fronts have been working secretly to enhance radicalization of one population by generating a sense of insecurity in the country."

According to the government, PFI cadres have perpetrated violent crimes and murders with the express purpose of upsetting public calm and quiet and spreading fear among the populace.

Popular Front of India (PFI) is an Indian Muslim political organization.

It is a radical and exclusive brand of Muslim minority politics practiced.

It was established to fight the Hindus, and on September 28, 2022, the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs imposed a 5-year ban on it under the Prevention (Prevention) Act of Illegal Activity. law (UAPA).

The government, according to the ministry, believes that if PFI's activities are not immediately curbed, they will continue their subversive activities, support and enforce a regressive regime based on terrorism, spread anti-national sentiments, radicalise a certain segment of society, and engage in other activities that are harmful to the integrity, security, and sovereignty of the nation.

The government, according to the ministry, believes that if PFI's activities are not immediately curbed, they will continue their subversive activities, support and enforce a regressive regime based on terrorism, spread anti-national sentiments, radicalise a certain segment of society, and engage in other activities that are harmful to the integrity, security, and sovereignty of the nation.

The move was applauded by the chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Assam, who claimed that PFI constituted a threat to the unity and integrity of the nation.

"PFI committed acts of terrorism in numerous states, dividing the country and fomenting violence. So, we appreciate this step "said Arun Singh, national general secretary of the BJP.

Eknath Shinde, the chief minister of Maharashtra, applauded the central government's move to outlaw the PFI, which he claimed attempted to undermine the integrity, sovereignty, and law and order of the nation.