GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:52 ANSWERED ON:20.02.2001 TERRORIST ACTIVITIES RAMJI LAL SUMAN;SUSHIL KUMAR INDORA
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether violent activities are being carried out by the terrorists in various areas of the countries for the last many years; and
(b) if so, the names of these areas and the name by which these terrorist organisations are called in different areas of the country? Answer
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (CH. VIDYASAGAR RAO)
(a)&(b): The major concerns in this regard centre around Pakistan sponsored terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and inter-linked and externally supported subversive activities of militant groups in some States of North-East. There are also reports that some militant groups are under pressure to revive militancy in Punjab. The following major terrorist outfits are operating in the country:-
1. Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
2. Harkat-ul-Mujahideen
3. Lashkar-e-Toiba
4. Al-Barq
5. Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front
6. Al-Jehad
7. Jamat-ul-Majahideen
8. Tehrik-ul-Mujahideen
9. Tehrik-e-Jihad
10. Al-Badar 11. Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami
12. Al-Umar
13. Babbar Khalsa Interational
14. Dal Khalsa International(DKI)
15. International Sikh Youth Federation
(SYF-Rode and Damdami Taksal Factions)
16. Khalistan Commando Force(KCF)
17. Kamagata Maru Dal International
18. Khalistan Zidabad Force
19. United Liberation Front of Assam
20. National Democratic Front of Bodoland
21. National Liberation Front of Tripura
22. All Tripura Tiger Force
23. National Socialist Council of Nagaland
(I/M&K)
24. Peoples Liberation Army (PLA)
25. United National Liberation Front(UNLF)
26. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE)