The Indian government on Monday provided a list of organizations that have been declared illegal associations in the past five years.
Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the government follows a “zero tolerance policy” towards any illegal activities that threaten the sovereignty, unity, integrity or security of the country.
List of organizations declared illegal associations in the last 5 years:
1. Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI)
2. United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)
3. All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF)
4. Meitei Extremist Organizations namely-
i) The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and its political wing, the Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF)
(ii) United National Liberation Front (UNLF) and its armed wing, Manipur People’ Army (MPA)
(iii) The Kangleipak People’s Revolutionary Party (PREPAK) and its armed wing, the “Red Army”.
(iv) The Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and its armed wing, also called the “Red Army”
(v) Kanglei Yaol Kanba Loot (KYKL)
(vi) Coordination Committee (CorCom) a
(vii) Alliance for Socialist Unity Kangleipak (ASUK) National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT)
5. National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT)
6. Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HLNC)
7. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
8. National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) (NSCN (K))
9. Islamic Research Foundation (IRF)
10. Jamaica
11. Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (Mohd. Yasin Malik faction) (JKLF-Y)
12. Sikhs for Justice (SFJ)
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13. People’s Front of India (PFI) and its affiliated or affiliated companies or fronts 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.
14. Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP)
15. Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (Masarat Alam Faction)/ (MLJK-MA)
16. Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, Jammu and Kashmir (TeH)
17. Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (Bhat Faction) (MCJK-B)
18. Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (Sumji Faction) (MCJK-S)
19. Jammu Kashmir National Front (JKNF)
20. Jammu and Kashmir People’s Freedom League (JKPFL)
21. Four factions of Jammu and Kashmir People’s League (JKPL) namely: JKPL (Mukhtar Ahmed Waza), JKPL (Bashir Ahmad Tota), JKPL (Ghulam Mohammad Khan @Sopori) and JKPL (Aziz Sheikh) led by Yaqoob Sheikh
22. Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (Jkim)
23. Awami Action Committee (AAC)
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Meanwhile, Nityanand Rai said, “The Government of India maintains a ‘zero tolerance policy’ against any form of illegal activities that harm the sovereignty, unity, integrity and security of the nation.
He added that the Government of India has taken continuous and strict action against various organizations found to be involved in illegal activities under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
Accordingly, the government has declared 23 organizations as illegal associations in the last five years, MoS Rai noted.
Expanding the scope of the ISIS Research Research Cell in the NIA
The government has significantly strengthened India’s counter-terrorism research and investigative capabilities by expanding the mandate of a unit under the NIA to cover all global locations of terrorism, PTI reported.
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Nityanand Rai said on Tuesday that the NIA’s ISIS Investigation Research Cell (IIRC), set up in 2018, has been renamed as the Counter Terrorism Research Cell (CTRC), with the aim of covering all scenes of terrorism.
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“The government created the ISIS Investigation Research Cell (IIRC) in NIA in January 2018 and expanded its purview to other places of terrorism and renamed it Counter Terrorism Research Cell (CTRC),” Rai said.
The move signals a strategic shift to analyze and counter the broader role of extremist and terrorist threats beyond the specific challenge posed by the Islamic State (ISIS).
It may be mentioned that in 2019, the NIA, which was set up after the 26/11 Mumbai attack, could investigate scheduled crimes committed outside India, in accordance with international treaties and domestic laws of other countries.
Giving details of the steps taken to strengthen the NIA, Rai said the agency currently has a total of 1,901 posts, of which 769 have been sanctioned in the last five years.
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“Further, the NIA’s mandate has also been expanded to investigate offenses related to the Explosives Act, 1908, human trafficking, cyber terrorism and the Arms Act, 1959. The mandate of the NIA has been expanded across India by setting up 21 branches in different parts of the country, with headquarters in 02 zones and a minister in its district of Delhi and Jam Gumuwahati. to answer.
He said the NIA investigates and prosecutes offenses affecting India’s sovereignty, security and integrity, friendly relations with foreign states, matters relating to international treaties, etc. listed in the NIA Act, 2008.
(With input from agencies)
