Ban on ULFA Under UAPA | 27 Nov 2024

Source: HT 

Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) extended the ban on the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) for five more years under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967 (UAPA). 

• ULFA is an armed militant organisation operating in Assam that aims to secede Assam from India. 
  • ULFA was formed in 1979 to seek the "restoration of Assam's sovereignty" through armed struggle. 
  • ULFA was first banned in 1990 and the ban has been renewed periodically, with the last extension in 2019. 
• Section 35 of the UAPA, 1967 empowers the government to declare an organisation as unlawful or an individual as terrorist if it engages in activities promoting terrorism or secession.  

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