English Editorials on PFI Ban Highlight Role of Insecurity Caused by Hindutva Aggression https://thewire.in/media/english-editorials-on-pfi-ban-highlight-role-of-insecurity-caused-by-hindutva-aggression
'These outfits are profiting from the sense of insecurity among Muslims caused by Hindutva aggression and allied government measures that seem prejudiced and fuelled by majoritarian politics.'
Most editorials also noted towards the end of the text that the atmosphere for such organisations to flourish was created by growing communal polarisation and that efforts were necessary to make marginalised sections feel represented. ..The editorial describes the NIA’s charges of the groups “propagating an alternative justice delivery system justifying violence, instigating vulnerable youth to join banned terror outfits such as al-Qaeda and conspiring to establish Islamic rule in India.”
Violent front: On the Popular Front of India SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/violent-front-the-hindu-editorial-on-the-popular-front-of-india/article65934845.ece The Popular Front of India invokes the Constitution and engages in violence at the same time.
Action against PFI welcome. What next? https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/first-edit/action-against-pfi-welcome-what-next-1149509.html Parties that are banned often represent political ideas and unless the politics is addressed the bans usually turn out to be ineffective
Bans are administrative tools to deal with organisations that persistently resort to illegalities and pose threats to peace, public order and national security. But administrative actions are not always enough to tackle them. The RSS and the communist parties have been banned in the past but they have survived. Parties that are banned often represent political ideas and unless the politics is addressed the bans usually turn out to be ineffective.
National security must be priority https://www.hindustantimes.com/editorials/national-security-must-be-priority-101664374840163.html Sep 28, 2022
The Centre gave strong reasons in its order banning PFI. Now, all governments need to ensure vigilance..while PFI members were pushing an insidious agenda, hate speech and belligerence by fringe Right-wing groups have proliferated and need to be acted upon to dispel any sense of insecurity and fear... terrorism and radicalism are dangerous beasts that can quickly morph into newer shapes and need constant and determined vigilance
PFI has been banned. But the sections that it appealed to need more effective outreach from the state
September 28, 2022 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-editorials/pfi-has-been-banned-but-the-sections-that-it-appealed-to-need-more-effective-outreach-from-the-state/ Working on a constructive socioeconomic agenda that can help the backward section of the community join the mainstream is the need of the hour. Now that the ban has been imposed, police forces across the country have the onerous responsibility to ensure that PFI doesn’t morph into another organisation and shifts its activities further underground as happened in the past with other outfits. More importantly, mainstream politics and media must help in improving social cohesion.
PFI on News Laundry https://youtube.com/embed/rzVagLVb-vs?start=537&end=981
PFI, eight front organisations, including Campus Front of India, banned for five years https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pfi-and-eight-front-organisations-including-campus-front-of-india-banned-for-five-years/article65944776.ece/amp/ This comes close on the heels of a countrywide raid on September 22 when 109 members of the groups were arrested by the NIA and other agencies Vijaita Singh September 28, 2022
PFI dissolves organisation hours after ban, says accept govt’s decision https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/thiruvananthapuram/hours-after-govt-ban-pfi-issues-statement-dissolving-organisation-8178493/
The Union home ministry had on Wednesday morning banned the PFI and its associate organisations for five years under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The ban came a day after the second nationwide crackdown on the radical outfit in five days with police teams across seven states conducting raids on Tuesday and detaining or arresting more than 270 people with alleged links to the radical outfit.
PUCL Statement on PFI Ban: Extracts: The consequences of the ban
The UAPA is a law which criminalizes guilt by association. Ordinary Muslims can now be arrested under sec. 10 of the UAPA on the grounds that he or she is a ‘person who is and continues to be a member of the association’ or that he or she ‘contributes to or receives or solicits money for the purpose of such association’.... The world’s largest democracy should not resort to the politics of banning when it comes to organisations and viewpoints which it considers as ‘anti-national’. Instead India should demonstrate that as a functioning democracy there is no discrimination on grounds of religion. That is the only sustainable way of preserving ‘unity, integrity and fraternity amongst Indians’. The unity of India depends upon how Indian state and society ensure that the promise of a plural and inclusive nation is delivered to all its citizens. Bans are no solution. for full statement see www.puclindia.org