What was Hamid Ansari doing at a PFI event
However, PFI sources in Kerala said that only the Delhi-based Institute of Objective Studies organised the event and the PFI has not organised it.
Former vice president of India, Hamid Ansari is facing criticism after he attended an event organised by the Popular Front of India, a group accused of having terror links.
Ansari
attended
the
two-day
international
conference
on
"the
role
of
women
in
making
humane
society"
in
Kerala's
Kozhikode
organised
by
the
Institute
of
Objective
Studies
in
association
with
the
National
Women's
Front,
the
women's
wing
of
the
PFI.
The
Vishwa
Hindu
Parishad's
joint
secretary,
Surendra
Jain
said
that
that
Ansari
stands
exposed
after
attending
the
programme.
"He
was
spreading
dissatisfaction
in
the
Muslim
community.
However, PFI sources in Kerala said that only the Delhi-based Institute of Objective Studies organised the event and the PFI has not organised it.
Jain in a statement alleged that the PFI is nothing but a new and extended avatar of banned outfit SIMI. He also alleged that the PFI is involved in terror activities and the killing of "patriots" in Kerala.
Earlier, the Calicut University which had allowed the programme to be held at the varsity campus, later cancelled the permission saying that the Federation of Muslim Colleges, the parent body of the Chair of Islamic Studies at the University, objected to certain organisations which were not part of of the programme later collaborating with it.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a report to the Union Home Ministry had claimed that the PFI has been involved in terror acts, including running terror camps and making bombs, and it was a fit case to be declared banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
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