Centre bans Kashmir's Jamaat-e-Islami group
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday declared the Jamaat-e-Islami group an “unlawful association” for a period of five years for activities “prejudicial to internal security and public order”.
In a notification, the Ministry of Home Affairs said the group has the potential to disrupt the unity and integrity of the country. The government claimed the Jamaat-e-Islami is in close touch with militant outfits and supports extremism and militancy in Jammu and Kashmir.
The government said if the group’s activities are not curbed immediately, it is likely to “escalate its subversive activities including attempt to carve out an Islamic State out of the territory of Union of India”, continue advocating the secession of Jammu and Kashmir, and propagate “anti-national and separatist” sentiments.
Jamaat-e-Islami is a socio-religious political organisation active in Jammu and Kashmir. It was created in 1942 and differs significantly from Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan in its orientation and ideology.
From 1965 to 1987, the organisation participated in elections including Assembly as well as Parliamentary elections. It was one of the prime opponents of Indira-Abdullah accord of 1975, earning it its first-ever ban from the government. However, since the onset of militancy in 1989, the organisation actively got engaged with separatist politics. While it was widely believed to be the parent political party of pro-Pakistan militant group Hizbul Mujahideen, Jamaat-e-Islami distanced itself publicly from the militant outfit in 1997.
This is the third time in its history that Jamaat-e-Islami has been banned. After militancy broke out in 1989, the organisation was banned again in 1990 for allegedly encouraging “unlawful activities”.
Since Friday, the Jammu and Kashmir Police has launched a massive crackdown on the leaders of Jamaat by arresting around 300 of its members.
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Indian deputy chief of mission meets lawmakers; India-US ties discussed
Washington, Mar 26 (PTI): India’s Deputy Chief of Mission in the US Namgya Khampa met Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth to discuss further strengthening collaboration in defence, trade and investment.
Khampa met the Democrat Congresswoman from Maryland, who is a member of the House Armed Services Committee, here on Wednesday.
“They discussed recent global developments and ways to further strengthen India-US collaboration in defence, trade & investment, and people-to-people ties,” the Indian Embassy here said in a post on X.
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On Tuesday, the deputy chief of mission met Congresswoman Suzan DelBene from Washington state and thanked her for her support to the India-US partnership.
“They discussed issues of bilateral interest -- trade, technology, defence partnership, and recognised the contributions of the Indian-American community in the relationship,” the Embassy said.
