Highlights
- Mayawati stated the ban on PFI an act of “political selfishness”
- The Centre on Wednesday banned the PFI
- More than 150 individuals allegedly linked with PFI had been detained or arrested
PFI ban: Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Friday stated the ban on the Popular Front of India forward of elections in some states was an act of “political selfishness” aimed at appeasing the RSS.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief stated this resolution was behind countrywide calls for to additionally ban the RSS.
In a tweet in Hindi, Mayawati stated, “After targeting PFI (Popular Front of India) in various ways across the country, the Centre has finally banned it along with eight of its affiliates before assembly elections and considering it a policy of political selfishness and appeasement of the Sangh, there is less of satisfaction and more of restlessness.”
In a associated tweet, she added, “This is the explanation why the opposition events are indignant and attacking this situation contemplating the federal government’s intentions to be flawed and the demand for banning the RSS can also be overtly being raised that if PFI is a hazard for the inner safety of the nation why ought to different organisations because it must also not be banned?”
The Centre on Wednesday banned the PFI, which has allegedly been concerned in a sequence of violence and has “links” with world terror teams like ISIS, together with a number of associates for 5 years.
The organisations which had been additionally banned below the stringent anti-terror regulation Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act embody Rehab India Foundation, Campus Front of India, All India Imams Council, National Confederation of Human Rights Organisation, National Women’s Front, Junior Front, Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation, Kerala.
More than 150 individuals allegedly linked with PFI had been detained or arrested in raids throughout seven states on Tuesday, 5 days after an analogous pan-India crackdown towards the 16-year-old group had led to the arrest of over 100 of its actions and seizure of a number of dozen properties.
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