Congress responsible for growth of PFI: Sunil Kumar

Highlights

• Minister for Energy, Kannada and Culture V Sunil Kumar blamed Congress for the growth of PFI activities across the country.

• It was Siddaramaiah’s government in past that had withdrawn 175 cases against PFI members despite opposition from BJP, he said.

• “The BJP-led government will take stringent action against all those who incite violence and try to weaken the society. Fear had gripped the society after a few untoward incidents took place in Mangaluru and Shivamogga. The PFI’s agenda was to instill fear among people,” the minister said.

• We had been demanding a ban on the PFI for many years. It had been inciting violence in the state and in parts of the country posing a challenge to the Centre, he added.

• “The NIA investigation had collected enough proof of PFI’s Islamisation of the country in the past few days. With the available evidences, the Centre had taken a tough stand against the organisations,” Sunil said.

• Even during the tenure of Vajpayee, the Centre had banned Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), he recollected and added that the PFI was another version of SIMI.

• The government will conduct an investigation into those who had supported the organisation financially, he added.

He said that Centre will act tough against those who act against government.