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 MHA said the associates or affiliates have a ‘Hub and Spoke’ relationship with the PFI. The proscribed outfit acted as the hub and utilised the mass outreach and fund-raising capacity of its affiliates to strengthen its capability for unlawful activities, while the fronts functioned as ‘roots and capillaries’ through which the PFI was fed In a much-awaited and expected move, the Narendra Modi government finally banned the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates for five years with a notification issued late on Tuesday night. The move followed the arrest of the outfit’s top brass, state-level leaders and hyper-local leaders in two rounds of raids. News18.com had earlier reported that the government planned to arrest the leaders and cadres at all levels before imposing a ban. The state governments of Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat had recommended banning PFI. The Ministry of Home Affairs, in its notification, said PFI and its affiliates ...