[Marxistindia] On PFI Ban

[news from the cpi(m)]

September 28, 2022

 

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

On PFI Ban

 

The Popular Front of India (PFI) is an organization which holds extremist
views and has been indulging in violent activities against its perceived
opponents.  The CPI(M) has been strongly opposed to these extremist views
and has always condemned the violent activities of the PFI.

 

However, the notification of the PFI as an unlawful association under the
Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) is not the way to tackle this
problem.  Past experience has shown that bans on organisations like the RSS
and the Maoists were not effective. There has to be firm administrative
action under the existing laws against the  PFI whenever it indulges in
illegal or violent activities.  Its sectarian and divisive ideology must be
exposed and fought politically among the people.  

 

The PFI and the RSS have been engaged in killings and retaliatory killings
in Kerala and coastal Karnataka, vitiating the atmosphere with a view to
create communal polarization.  There are also extremist organisations like
the Sanatan Sanstha and the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, elements of whom have
been implicated in the killings of noted secular writers and personalities.


 

All these forces, whether they represent extremist majority or minority
groups, must be combated by utilizing the regular laws of the land and by
firm administrative action.  

 

Maintaining the secular-democratic character of the Republic by countering
such forces must be the prime duty of those who exercise power and are sworn
to uphold the Constitution.   

 

 

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