New Delhi accuse­s the party of suppor­ting milita­ncy in occupi­ed region­SRINAGAR: India banned a religious political party, Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), for five years in occupied Kashmir on Thursday, accusing it of supportingmilitancy in the Himalayan region. India says doesn’t want ‘further escalation’Created in 1942, JeI participated in Indian elections for more than two decades before becoming engaged with pro-freedom politics. It is the third ban to be imposed on the organisation, which wants occupied Kashmir to be independent from India. India’s Ministry of Home Affairs said JeI supports claim for secession of a part of India, and that if its activities were not curbed, it could cause trouble for the country. The government declared JeI an “unlawful association”.

Source: The Express Tribune February 28, 2019 19:18 UTC