(a) the name of the organizations banned by the Government under various security Acts e.g. POTA, MOCCA; and
(b) the details of security measures taken by the Government to eliminate the activities of these organizations?
(a) the name of the organizations banned by the Government under various security Acts e.g. POTA, MOCCA; and
(b) the details of security measures taken by the Government to eliminate the activities of these organizations?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI SRIPRAKASH JAISWAL)
(a): The names of 32 banned organizations are annexed. Following the repeal of POTA, 2002, these 32 terrorist organizations continue to be banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 as amended by the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Ordinance, 2004. MCOCA does not provide for banning of organizations.
(b): The Central Government has adopted a strategy to counter terrorism which gives primacy to dialogue, democratic processes and the rule of law. The approach is to deal with the menace of terrorism in a holistic manner on political, development and security fronts. Action is taken against the banned terrorist organizations wherever called for as per law.
ANNEXURE
LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2200 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 14.12.2004
LIST OF BANNED ORGANISATIONS
1. BABBAR KHALSA INTERNATIONAL.
2. KHALISTAN COMMANDO FORCE.
3. KHALISTAN ZINDABAD FORCE.
4. INTERNATIONAL SIKH YOUTH FEDERATION.
5. LASHKAR-E-TAIBA/PASBAN-E-AHLE HADIS. 6. JAISH-E-MOHMMED/TAHRIK-E-FURQAN.
7 HARKAT-UL-MUJAHIDEEN/HARKAT-UL-ANSAR/HARKAT-UL-JEHAD-E-ISLAMI.
8. HIZB-UL-MUJAHIDEEN/HIZB-UL-MUJAHIDEEN PIR PANJAL REGIMENT.
9. AL-UMAR-MUJAHIDEEN. 10. JAMMU AND KASHMIR ISLAMIC FRONT. 11. UNITED LIBERATION FRONT OF ASSAM (ULFA). 12. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF BODOLAND (NDFB). 13. PEOPLES’S LIBERATION ARMY (PLA). 14. UNITED NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (UNLF). 15. PEOPLE’S REVOLUTIONARY PARTY OF KNGLEIPAK (PREPAK). 16. KANLEIPAK COMMUNIST PARTY (KCP). 17. KANLEI YAOL KANBA LUP (KYKL). 18. MANIPUR PEOPLE’S LIBERATION FRONT (MPLF). 19. ALL TRIPURA TIGER FORCE. 20. NATIONAL LIBNERATION FRONT OF TRIPURA. 21. LIBERATION TIGER OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE). 22. STUDENTS ISLAMIC MOVEMENT OF INDIA. 23. DEENDAR ANJUMAN. 24. COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST-LENINIST)-PEOPLE’S WAR, ALL ITS FORMATIONS AND FRONT ORGANISATIONS. 25. MAOIST COMMUNIST CENTRE (MCC), ALL ITS FORMATIONS AND FRONT ORGANISATIONS. 26. AL BADR. 27. JAMIAT-UL-MUJAHIDEEN. 28. AL-QUAIDA. 29. DUKHTARAN-E-MILLAT (DEM). 30. TAMIL NADU LIBERATION ARMY (TNLA). 31. TAMIL NATIONAL RETRIEVAL TROOPS (TNRT). 32. AKHIL BHARAT NEPALI EKTA SAMAJ (ABNES).