Central Govt declares Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (Masarat Alam faction) as unlawful association; issues notification
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ December 27,2023
The government of India has declared Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (Masarat Alam faction) as an unlawful association under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Law (UAPA).
The government has issued the notification of banning Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (Masarat Alam faction) for five years.
As per the notification “the Central Government is of the opinion that if there is no immediate curb or control of unlawful activities of the Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (Masarat Alam faction), it will use this opportunity to continue with the anti-national activities which are detrimental to the territorial integrity, security and sovereignty of the country, continue advocating the secession of Jammu and Kashmir form the Union of India while disputing its accession to the Union of India and continue propagating false narrative and anti-national sentiments among the people of Jammu and Kashmir with the intention to cause disaffection against India and disrupt public order, the Central Government, having regard to the above circumstances, is of firm opinion that it is necessary to declare the Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (Masarat Alam faction) as an ‘unlawful association’ with immediate effect, and accordingly, in exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 3 of the said Act, the Central Government hereby directs that this notification shall, subject to any order that may be made under section 4 of the said Act, have effect for a period of five years from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.”
Central Govt declares Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (Masarat Alam faction) as unlawful association; issues notification. Masarat Alam Bhat, 50, has been in Tihar jail after being booked by the National Investigation Agency in a terror funding case since 2019. He is the chairperson of Kashmiri hardline separatist group All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), having taken over the post in 2021.
Alam had played a key role in organising mass protests in Kashmir valley in 2010 when over 120 youth were killed in security forces action.
