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Shah reiterated the main aim of the CAA and dismissed the allegations of any ‘political gains’. (Image: PTI)
Anyone found challenging the security, sovereignty and integrity of the nation will face harsh legal consequences, said Union home minister Amit Shah.
Extending ban on Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik’s outfit, the Narendra Modi government on Saturday declared that ‘Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front’ will be an ‘unlawful association’ for a period of five years.
The banned outfit continues to engage in activities that foment terror and secessionism in Jammu and Kashmir, Union home minister Amit Shah said, adding that anyone found challenging the security, sovereignty and integrity of the nation will face harsh legal consequences.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had in 2019 banned Malik’s outfit under the anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA). Days before the move, the government had banned Jamat-e-Islami (JeI-J&K) under Section 3(1) of the UAPA.
The JKLF was also banned under the same sections, which gives power to the Centre to declare any association as unlawful by notifying it in the Official Gazette.