Govt bans Nayeem Khan-led Jammu Kashmir National Front for 5 years under UAPA

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UAPA for five years. The Ministry, in the notice, issued on Tuesday evening said that the Front is indulging in unlawful activities, which are prejudiced to the integrity, sovereignty and security of the country.

“We are committed to uprooting terror forces to ensure the security of the people of Bharat," Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on social media platform X informing about the ban. The Union government for the mentioned reasons, the notification said, is firmly of the opinion that having regard to the activities of the Jammu Kashmir National Front (JKNF) and that it is necessary to declare the front as an ‘unlawful association’ with immediate effect.

The government said that JKNF has constantly asked the people of Kashmir to refrain from taking part in elections and thereby targeted and hampered the very basic constitutionally recognized fundamentals of Indian democracy. The front, said the notification, and its members by their activities show sheer disrespect towards the constitutional authority and constitutional set up of the country.

Also Read : ‘Wed in India’ to J&K's lotus connection, 5 key highlights from PM Modi's Srinagar rally address The front is involved in promoting, aiding and abetting secession of Jammu and Kashmir from India by involving in anti-national and subversive activities, sowing seeds of dis-affection amongst people, exhorting people to destabilise law and order, encouraging the use of arms to separate Jammu and Kashmir from the Union of India, promoting hatred against established government and giving clarion call to boycott elections on multiple occasions in Jammu and Kashmir, reads the notification. Nayeem Khan is lodged in jail since August 14, 2017 in terror funding case.