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Violent front: On the Popular Front of India

The Popular Front of India invokes (आह्वान) the Constitution and engages in violence at the same time

On September 22, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested over 100 leaders and activists of the radical Islamist outfit, the Popular Front of India (PFI), after raids (छापा मारना, धावा बोलना) in 15 States. The PFI claims to be a ‘neo-social movement’, but its rhetoric (वक्रपटुता, भाषण कला) and activities have left little doubt about its true nature. The latest demonstration of its violent (हिंसक), and threatening, character was seen the next day after the raids, when it called for a hartal. The PFI continuously invokes the Constitution, democratic values and rule of law, but all that cannot camouflage (छलावरण) the violence in its action and speech as unleashed in Kerala last week. Kerala is its cradle (पालन-पोषण करना) and launch pad. Extremely provocative (उत्तेजक, उकसाने वाला) slogans and speeches formed part of the protest. The PFI and the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) which acts as its political front, often deny their association, as unconvincingly (अनिश्चय से) as their claims of being on the right side of the law and democracy. The NIA has accused the PFI and its affiliates of conspiring to foment (भड़काना) hostility between different religions and groups, thereby disrupting public tranquillity and causing disaffection against India. The agency, which has so far registered 19 PFI-related cases, charge-sheeted 355 people and secured the conviction of 46, has charged them with propagating an alternative justice delivery system justifying violence, instigating vulnerable youth to join banned terror outfits such as al-Qaeda and conspiring to establish Islamic rule in India.

During these searches on the outfit and its members, the NIA claims to have seized a hit list of prominent (प्रमुख, प्रसिद्ध, महत्त्वपूर्ण) leaders of a particular community. Going by the claims of the enforcement (प्रवर्तन) agencies, the outfit has been continuously indulging in unlawful activities, ever since the Narath arms training case of 2013 in which members of the PFI and SDPI were convicted for organising a terrorist camp with the intent (इरादा) to train youth in explosives and weapons use. In 2020, some PFI members were arrested for their alleged (आरोप लगाना) role in inciting people during the Delhi riots. The outfit also faces the charge of raising money domestically and overseas to fund its operations, thus attracting money laundering investigations by the Enforcement Directorate (प्रबंध-विभाग, निदेशालय). As it turns out, the rise of the PFI-SDPI axis is being resisted by moderate Muslim organisations. These outfits are profiting from the sense of insecurity among Muslims caused by Hindutva aggression and allied Government measures that seem prejudiced and fuelled by majoritarian (बहुसंख्यकवादी, बहुमत का गठन) politics. The state must act against radicalism (The beliefs or actions of people who advocate thorough or complete political or social reform) of all kinds, rather than being selective in its approach to communal hate.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.Violent (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - हिंसक
English Meaning - Using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.

2.Invoke (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - आह्वान
English Meaning - Give rise to; evoke.

3.Rhetoric (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - वक्रपटुता, भाषण कला
English Meaning - The art or ability to use language effectively.

4.Raid (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - छापा मारना, धावा बोलना
English Meaning - Conduct a raid on

5.Camouflage (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - छलावरण
English Meaning - The disguising of military personnel, equipment, and installations by painting or covering them to make them blend in with their surroundings.

6.Cradle (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - पालन-पोषण करना
English Meaning - To place or keep in or as if in a cradle

7.Provocative (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - उत्तेजक, उकसाने वाला
English Meaning - Causing annoyance, anger, or another strong reaction, especially deliberately.

8.Unconvincingly (Adverb)

Hindi Meaning - अनिश्चय से
English Meaning - In an unbelievable manner.

9.Foment (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - भड़काना
English Meaning - Instigate or stir up an undesirable or violent sentiment

10.Prominent (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - प्रमुख, प्रसिद्ध, महत्त्वपूर्ण
English Meaning - Someone who is important.

11.Enforcement (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रवर्तन
English Meaning - The act of imposing upon some person.

12.Intent (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - इरादा
English Meaning - Intention or purpose

13.Allege (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - आरोप लगाना
English Meaning - To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court

14.Directorate (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रबंध-विभाग, निदेशालय
English Meaning - The office of a director.

15.Majoritarian (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - बहुसंख्यकवादी, बहुमत का गठन।
English Meaning - Constituting majority.

16.Radicalism (Noun)

English Meaning - The beliefs or actions of people who advocate thorough or complete political or social reform.