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Abdul Wahid Sait, NEC Member Abdul Wahid Sait, NEC Member


== Career ==
== Criticism and accusations ==
=== Advisor and civil servant ===
After completing her studies in economics, Andersson gained employment in the ] as a ] to ] from 1996 to 1998, and later served as Director of Planning from 1998 to 2004. She then spent time in the civil service, working as ] in the ] from 2004 to 2006, before leaving to become a political adviser again, this time to ] ], from 2007 to 2009. She left this role when the Government nominated her for Chief Director of the ], a position she held until 2012. She resigned upon her adoption as a Social Democratic candidate ahead of the ].<ref>{{cite web |last=Falkirk|first=John|title=Magdalena Andersson: Jag har rökt marijuana|url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/magdalena-andersson-jag-har-rokt-marijuana/|publisher=Expressen|date=30 September 2021|access-date=1 November 2021|language=sv|archive-date=28 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028001517/https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/magdalena-andersson-jag-har-rokt-marijuana/|url-status=live }}</ref>


=== Minister for Finance ===
The various allegations include connections with various Islamic terrorist groups,<ref name="hindustantimes.com"/><ref name="News.outlookindia.com"/> possessing arms,<ref name="dailypioneer.com"/><ref name="daily.bhaskar.com"/><ref name="Deccanherald.com"/> kidnapping, murder,<ref name="auto"/><ref name="Newindianexpress.com"/> intimidation,<ref name="dna"/><ref name="ibnlive.in.com"/><ref name="The Times of India"/><ref name="auto1"/> hate campaign,<ref name="zen"/><ref name="noe"/><ref name="Bihar Prabha"/><ref name="Rediff"/> rioting,<ref name="shimogatimes"/><ref name="ReferenceD"/> ]<ref name="auto3"/> and various acts of religious extremism, including the ] who had set a controversial question paper supposedly insulting the Prophet Muhammed.<ref name="Rediff.com"/><ref name="English News &#124; Top Stories"/><ref name="M.G. Radhakrishnan"/><ref name="Defending the front"/><ref name="Radianceweekly.com"/><ref name="auto4"/><ref name="The Hindu"/><ref name="ReferenceE"/> However, the charges were refuted by the PFI which alleged the accusations as baseless and fabricated to malign the organisation.<ref name="tulunadunews.com"/><ref name="auto2"/> An IB officer have said that PFI preaches to its cadres that killing of right-wing activists would provide them 'religious rewards in the afterlife'.<ref name=":0" />
] (known as ''nådiga luntan'') outside the ] on 23 October 2014]]


After the Social Democratic victory in the ] in which Andersson was elected as a member of the ], she was appointed as the ] by new prime minister Stefan Löfven in his ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/28/sweden-lines-magdalena-andersson-first-woman-prime-minister/|title=Sweden lines up Magdalena Andersson to be its first woman prime minister|first=Richard|last=Orange|date=28 August 2021|access-date=1 November 2021|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|archive-date=14 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014175454/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/28/sweden-lines-magdalena-andersson-first-woman-prime-minister/|url-status=live}}</ref> As a result of coalition negotiations, while Andersson had overall responsibility for the Finance Ministry, ] was given responsibility for the oversight of financial markets and consumer protection as the ].<ref>Kroet, Cynthia (6 October 2014) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609215821/https://www.politico.eu/article/lofven-unveils-swedish-government/|date=9 June 2020}} '']'' Retrieved 1 November 2021</ref> Andersson was reappointed as Finance Minister by Löfven following the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hhs.se/en/about-us/news/sse/2021/sse-alum-and-minister-for-finance-magdalena-andersson-visited-sse/|title=SSE alum and Minister for Finance Magdalena Andersson visited SSE|website=hhs.se|access-date=1 November 2021|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021134105/https://www.hhs.se/en/about-us/news/sse/2021/sse-alum-and-minister-for-finance-magdalena-andersson-visited-sse/|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== 2003 Murders ===
In 2003, some of its members were arrested for rioting and ] in Kerala's Kozhikode.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Dev|first=Arun|date=2017-11-25|title=Explained: Why Does Govt Want Popular Front of India (PFI) Banned?|url=https://www.thequint.com/explainers/explainer-why-government-wants-pfi-banned-popular-front-of-india|access-date=2020-08-08|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref>


In 2020, members of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the primary policy advisory committee of the Board of Governors of the ] (IMF), chose Andersson to serve as chair of the committee for a term of three years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2020/12/17/pr20372-imfc-selects-swedens-minister-for-finance-magdalena-andersson-as-new-chair |title=IMFC Selects Sweden's Minister for Finance Magdalena Andersson as New Chair|access-date=2021-11-29|publisher=IMF|archive-date=18 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218160128/https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2020/12/17/pr20372-imfc-selects-swedens-minister-for-finance-magdalena-andersson-as-new-chair|url-status=live}}</ref> She became the first European in that role after more than a decade, as well as the first woman to hold that position.<ref>{{cite news|date=2020-12-17|title=IMF steering committee names Swedish finance minister as next chair|agency=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/imf-leadership-int-idUSKBN28R367|access-date=2021-11-29|archive-date=26 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126080407/https://www.reuters.com/article/imf-leadership-int-idUSKBN28R367|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Connection with Students Islamic Movement of India ===


In August 2021, Prime Minister ] announced he would resign as party leader at the Social Democratic Party Congress in November 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lindeberg|first=Rafaela|date=29 September 2021|title=Sweden's Finance Chief Nominated to Become First Female PM|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-29/sweden-s-finance-chief-nominated-to-become-first-female-premier|url-status=live |access-date=2021-11-29|website=bloomberg.com|archive-date=14 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014000459/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-29/sweden-s-finance-chief-nominated-to-become-first-female-premier}}</ref> Andersson was quickly regarded by many as the candidate most likely to succeed him, and on 29 September 2021, the Social Democratic Party ] announced that Andersson had been chosen as leader-designate ahead of the congress; should the designation be accepted by the Riksdag, Andersson would become leader and Sweden's first female Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite news |title=Valberedningen föreslår Magdalena Andersson|newspaper=SVT Nyheter|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/socialdemokraternas-valberedning-kallar-till-presstraff|publisher=Sveriges Television|date=29 September 2021|access-date=29 September 2021|language=sv|last1=Nyheter|first1=S. V. T.|last2=Schau|first2=Oscar|last3=Knutson|first3=Mats|archive-date=29 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929123828/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/socialdemokraternas-valberedning-kallar-till-presstraff|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Milne, Richard (29 September 2021), {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004062928/https://www.ft.com/content/e681e398-9dac-4c7b-9e25-dbb254959fe1|date=4 October 2021}} '']'' Retrieved 1 November 2021</ref>
In 2010, the PFI was alleged to have links with the banned Islamic terrorist organisation ].<ref name="sify.com"/> The PFI's national chairman, Abdul Rehman, was the former national secretary of SIMI, while the organization's state secretary, Abdul Hameed, was SIMI's former state secretary. Most former leaders of SIMI were either identified with PFI or were holding various portfolios in the organisation.<ref name="News.outlookindia.com"/> The alleged SIMI connection has been dubbed baseless by the leaders of the Popular Front claiming that the Front was launched in 1993, whereas the SIMI ban came much later in 2001.<ref name="tulunadunews.com"/><ref name="auto2"/> Retired Indian army officer P. C. Katoch has claimed that the PFI maintains links with the Pakistani intelligence agency, ].<ref>{{cite book|title=India's Special Forces: History and Future of Special Forces| date=2013|publisher=Vij Book India Pvt Ltd|isbn=9789382573593}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal=Indian Defence Review | title = retired Indian army claimed that PFI | date=Apr–Jun 2013|volume=28| issue = 2 }}</ref>


=== Arms training camp in Narath === === Leader of the Social Democratic Party ===
Andersson was elected ] on 4 November 2021,<ref name="dutt">{{cite news|last=Dutt|first=Sujay|date=4 November 2021|title=Magdalena Andersson elected as new Social Democrat leader|newspaper=Sveriges Radio|url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/magdalena-andersson-elected-as-new-social-democrat-leader|access-date=23 November 2021|archive-date=25 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125134622/https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/magdalena-andersson-elected-as-new-social-democrat-leader|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/11/04/magdalena-andersson-moves-a-step-closer-to-becoming-sweden-s-first-female-prime-minister|title=Magdalena Andersson set to become Sweden's first female Prime Minister |date=4 November 2021|publisher=Euronews|access-date=11 November 2021|archive-date=11 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111170537/https://www.euronews.com/2021/11/04/magdalena-andersson-moves-a-step-closer-to-becoming-sweden-s-first-female-prime-minister|url-status=live}}</ref> becoming the party's second female leader after ].<ref name="yle"/>


On 10 November 2021, the incumbent prime minister ] formally resigned from office.<ref>{{cite news|title=Swedish PM resigns, finance minister likely successor |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/swedish-pm-hand-resignation-fin-min-likely-successor-2021-11-10/|date=10 November 2021|access-date=10 November 2021|agency=Reuters|archive-date=10 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110114701/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/swedish-pm-hand-resignation-fin-min-likely-successor-2021-11-10/|url-status=live}}</ref> As part of the ], the Speaker of the Riksdag held talks with all party leaders on 11 November 2021 and shortly after tasked Andersson with forming a government, giving her one week.<ref>{{cite web |title=Swedish Fin Min Andersson handed task of forming new government|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/swedish-fin-min-andersson-handed-task-forming-new-government-2021-11-11/|agency=Reuters|date=9 November 2021|access-date=11 November 2021|archive-date=11 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111162205/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/swedish-fin-min-andersson-handed-task-forming-new-government-2021-11-11/url-status=live }}</ref> On 23 November 2021, it was announced that Andersson had reached an agreement with the ] to support her at the upcoming prime ministerial vote. With the ] having previously agreed to support her, Andersson had the support of the required number of MPs to become Sweden's next prime minister.<ref>{{cite news|title=Regeringen och Vänsterpartiet överens – V släpper fram Andersson som statsminister|newspaper=SVT Nyheter|trans-title=Government and Left Party agree – Left Party will allow Andersson as Prime Minister|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/kvallen-fore-statsministeromrostningen-nu-har-s-och-v-kommit-overens-om-pensionerna|publisher=Sveriges Television|date=23 November 2021 |access-date=24 November 2021|language=sv|last1=Nyheter|first1=S. V. T.|last2=Fors|first2=Ebba|archive-date=24 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124005319/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/kvallen-fore-statsministeromrostningen-nu-har-s-och-v-kommit-overens-om-pensionerna|url-status=live}}</ref>
In April 2013, Kerala Police raided a training camp in Narath, ] and arrested 21 activists of the Popular Front of India. Two country-made bombs, a sword, raw materials for making bombs and pamphlets in the name of PFI were seized by the police. The raid was conducted at the office building of Thanal Charitable Trust. A document with names of several leading personalities and organisations was also seized, which police suspect is a hit-list.<ref name="dailypioneer.com"/><ref name="daily.bhaskar.com"/><ref name="Deccanherald.com"/> The Popular Front leadership and those arrested claimed that it was a Yoga training programme organised as part of a personality development programme<ref name="dailypioneer.com"/> and asked for a judicial probe by a sitting judge to inquire into the alleged training camp. PFI's state president claimed that this police case was fabricated in a bid to tarnish the organisation's image.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/narath-pfi-seeks-judicial-probe/article4701551.ece |title=Narath: PFI seeks judicial probe |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2013-05-10 |access-date=2014-04-15 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2013apr26/pfi_smells_conspiracy_behind_kerala_arrests.html |title=PFI smells conspiracy behind Kerala arrests |publisher=TwoCircles.net |date=2013-04-26 |access-date=2014-04-15}}</ref> On 18 May 2013, the ] arrived to investigate the alleged extremist activities in Narath.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/narath-case-nia-team-in-kannur/article4726572.ece |title=Narath case: NIA team in Kannur |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2013-05-18 |access-date=2014-04-15 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref>


=== Kidnap and Murder of boys for ransom === === Prime Minister of Sweden ===
{{see also|2021 Swedish government formation|Andersson Cabinet}}


On 24 November 2021, Andersson was elected Sweden's prime minister by the Riksdag.<ref name="bbc24">{{cite web|date=24 November 2021|title=Sweden's first female PM resigns hours after appointment |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59400539|access-date=24 November 2021|publisher=BBC News|archive-date=24 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124095601/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59400539|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2021-11-24|title=Sweden's Andersson elected as nation's first woman PM |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211124-sweden-s-andersson-elected-as-nation-s-first-woman-pm|access-date=2021-11-29|publisher=France 24|archive-date=25 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125051318/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211124-sweden-s-andersson-elected-as-nation-s-first-woman-pm|url-status=live}}</ref> At the time of her election, she would have assumed office formally on 26 November 2021.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-11-24|title=Magdalena Andersson becomes Sweden's first female prime minister|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20211124/magdalena-andersson-prime-minister/|access-date=2021-11-29|publisher=The Local Sweden|archive-date=25 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125003610/https://www.thelocal.se/20211124/magdalena-andersson-prime-minister/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="dn22">{{cite web|last=Tanaka|first=Sofia|title=S-ledaren hos talmannen – har hon stöd för en regering?|trans-title=S-leader with the Speaker of the Riksdag – does she have enough support to form a government?|url=https://www.dn.se/sverige/s-ledaren-till-talmannen-i-dag-har-hon-stod-for-en-regering/|publisher=Dagens Nyheter|date=22 November 2021|access-date=24 November 2021 |archive-date=24 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124035330/https://www.dn.se/sverige/s-ledaren-till-talmannen-i-dag-har-hon-stod-for-en-regering/|url-status=live}}</ref> Although she did not receive a majority of "yes" votes, a majority did not vote against her due to abstentions. Under Sweden's principles of "negative parliamentarism", since a majority was not opposed to Andersson's nomination, this was sufficient to elect her prime minister.<ref name="bbc24"/>
Two boys were kidnapped on 8 June 2011 from ] premises in ] and murdered by members of ] (KFD), who sought ransom of 5 crore rupees to raise funds for their organisation.<ref name="dna"/><ref name="ibnlive.in.com"/><ref name="The Times of India"/><ref name="auto1"/> In 2006 KFD had merged with PFI. The arrested KFD members are Adil, alias Adil Pasha; Athavulla Khan; Ameen, alias Syed Ameen; Rehman, alias Shabbir Rehaman; Kouser, alias Mohammed Kouser; and Safeer Ahmed, alias Safeer.<ref name="dna"/> Following the arrest of these KFD members, Karnataka state government requested the Union government to ban Karnataka Forum for Dignity.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-27/bangalore/29709372_1_karnataka-forum-kfd-ban |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103074257/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-27/bangalore/29709372_1_karnataka-forum-kfd-ban |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |work=] |title=State will urge Centre to ban KFD|date=27 June 2011 }}</ref>


A few hours after Andersson's election, her budget was defeated in the Riksdag.<ref>{{cite web|date=11 November 2021|title=Omröstning om ny statsminister|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/talmansrundor |access-date=24 November 2021|publisher=SVT Nyheter|language=sv|archive-date=24 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124165031/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/talmansrundor|url-status=live}}</ref> The opposition budget passed instead. Since the opposition budget was drafted with the support of the ] ], the ] pulled out of the coalition rather than be bound to govern under it,<ref name="MPleaves"/> leading Andersson to resign before taking office.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/24/swedens-first-female-prime-minister-resigns-after-less-than-12-hours|title=Sweden's first female prime minister resigns after less than 12 hours|newspaper=The Guardian|date=24 November 2021|access-date=25 November 2021|archive-date=24 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124231236/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/24/swedens-first-female-prime-minister-resigns-after-less-than-12-hours|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2021-11-26|title=So... who is the prime minister of Sweden right now?|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20211125/so-who-is-the-prime-minister-of-sweden-right-now/|access-date=2021-11-27|publisher=The Local Sweden|archive-date=27 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127061307/https://www.thelocal.se/20211125/so-who-is-the-prime-minister-of-sweden-right-now/|url-status=live}}</ref> This was based on the ] that a prime minister should resign if a party leaves the governing coalition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59473070|title=How Magdalena Andersson became Sweden's first female PM twice|date=1 December 2021|publisher=BBC News|access-date=1 December 2021|archive-date=1 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201093219/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59473070|url-status=live}}</ref> She notified Speaker ] that she would be interested in leading a Social Democratic single-party government.<ref name="bbc24"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Magdalena Andersson (S) väljer att avgå|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/talmansrundor|url-status=live|publisher=Sveriges Television|date=24 November 2021|access-date=24 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124165031/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/talmansrundor|archive-date=24 November 2021|language=sv}}</ref><ref name="MPleaves">{{cite news|title=Miljöpartiet lämnar regeringen – ny statsministeromröstning kan vänta|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/miljopartiet-lamnar-regeringen-ny-statsministeromrostning-vantar|url-status=live|publisher=Sveriges Television|date=24 November 2021|access-date=24 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124162204/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/miljopartiet-lamnar-regeringen-ny-statsministeromrostning-vantar|archive-date=24 November 2021|language=sv|last=Fors |first=Ebba}}</ref>
=== Murder of CPI(M) and RSS workers ===


On 29 November 2021, Andersson was elected prime minister again by a narrow margin of two votes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-29|title=Magdalena Andersson chosen as Sweden's first female PM... again |url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/11/29/magdalena-andersson-set-to-be-chosen-as-sweden-s-first-female-pm-again|access-date=2021-11-29|publisher=euronews|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129131759/https://www.euronews.com/2021/11/29/magdalena-andersson-set-to-be-chosen-as-sweden-s-first-female-pm-again|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Magdalena Andersson Elected As Sweden's First Woman Prime Minister Again|url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/magdalena-andersson-elected-as-first-woman-swedish-prime-minister-again-2629501|access-date=2021-11-29 |website=ndtv.com|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129133108/https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/magdalena-andersson-elected-as-first-woman-swedish-prime-minister-again-2629501|url-status=live}}</ref> This was expected after all parties that supported her in the first vote (the Centre Party, the Green Party, and the Left Party), indicated their willingness to support her when the Riksdag took another vote.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nyheter|first1=S. V. T.|date=25 November 2021|title=Talmannen: Ny omröstning om Andersson (S) på måndag|language=sv|publisher=Sveriges Television |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/talmannen-ny-omrostning-om-andersson-s-pa-mandag|access-date=25 November 2021|archive-date=25 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125142123/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/talmannen-ny-omrostning-om-andersson-s-pa-mandag|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=svt20211124>{{cite news|title='Var Andersson någonsin statsminister?' – frågor och svar om regeringsbildningen|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/detta-hander-nu-1|publisher=Sveriges Television|date=24 November 2021|access-date=25 November 2021 |language=sv|archive-date=24 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124234359/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/detta-hander-nu-1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Talmannen: Ny omröstning om Andersson (S) på måndag|publisher=Sveriges Television|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/talmannen-ny-omrostning-om-andersson-s-pa-mandag|publisher=Sveriges Television|date=25 November 2021 |access-date=25 November 2021|language=sv|archive-date=25 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125142123/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/talmannen-ny-omrostning-om-andersson-s-pa-mandag |url-status=live}}</ref> On 30 November 2021, Andersson and ] formally assumed office when they met in council with King ] and he announced them.<ref>{{cite news|date=30 November 2021|title=Här är alla ministrar i Anderssons regering|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/anderssons-overraskning-damberg-anderssons-eftertradare|access-date=30 November 2021 |publisher=SVT Nyheter|language=sv|last1=Nyheter|first1=S. V. T.|last2=Ekman|first2=Jonas|last3=Silverberg|first3=Josefin|archive-date=30 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130100232/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/anderssons-overraskning-damberg-anderssons-eftertradare|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thelocal.se/20211130/key-points-everything-you-need-to-know-about-swedens-new-government/|title=KEY POINTS: Everything you need to know about Sweden's new government|date=30 November 2021 |access-date=30 November 2021|agency=The Local|archive-date=30 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130130011/https://www.thelocal.se/20211130/key-points-everything-you-need-to-know-about-swedens-new-government/|url-status=live}}</ref> Andersson is Sweden's first female prime minister,<ref name="bbc24"/><ref name="twp1">{{cite web|last1=Associated Press|date=4 November 2021|title=Finance chief Andersson tapped to be Sweden's 1st female PM|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/finance-chief-andersson-tapped-to-be-swedens-1st-female-pm/2021/11/04/926437ca-3d8b-11ec-bd6f-da376f47304e_story.html |access-date=8 November 2021|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-date=4 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104221327/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/finance-chief-andersson-tapped-to-be-swedens-1st-female-pm/2021/11/04/926437ca-3d8b-11ec-bd6f-da376f47304e_story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=29 November 2021|title=Magdalena Andersson: Sweden's first female PM returns after resignation|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59459733|publisher=BBC News|access-date=29 November 2021|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129132906/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59459733|url-status=live}}</ref> and the country's first female head of government since ] abdicated in 1720.
In 2012, the Kerala government informed the Kerala High Court, in an affidavit, that Popular Front of India had active involvement in 27 murder cases, mostly of cadres of ] and ].<ref name=ie>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pfi-is-simi-in-another-form-kerala-govt-tells-hc/979440/ |title=PFI is banned outfit SIMI in another form, Kerala govt tells HC |date=26 July 2012 |access-date=24 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PFI, NDF Involved in CPI(M), RSS Cadres' Murders: Kerala|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=769976|access-date=18 April 2014|newspaper=Outlook|date=25 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408211304/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=769976|archive-date=8 April 2014}}</ref> In 2014, it again submitted before the Kerala High Court that activists of the NDF/PFI were involved in 27 communally motivated murder cases, 86 attempt to murder cases and in 106 communal cases registered in the state. The affidavit was filed in response to a petition filed by Thejas, spokesperson of PFI in the State, challenging the refusal of the government to give government advertisements to the daily.<ref>{{cite news|title=PFI promotes extremism|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/pfi-promotes-extremism/article5673924.ece|access-date=18 April 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=11 February 2014|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=NDF and PFI Involved in 106 Communal Cases, HC Told|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/NDF-and-PFI-Involved-in-106-Communal-Cases-HC-Told/2014/02/11/article2050043.ece|access-date=18 April 2014|newspaper=The New Indian Express|date=11 February 2014}}</ref> A carpenter Abid Pasha was arrested for six murder cases.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/abid-pasha-mysuru-murders-revelations-religious-leaning-carpenter-bajrang-dal-2991215/|title=The carpenter of Mysuru and the murders no one suspected him of|date=2016-08-23|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-05-17|language=en-US}}</ref> He had links with PFI.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/rss-man-murder-karnataka-r-rudresh-3740784/|title=Karnataka: Cops to invoke UAPA in RSS leader murder case|date=2016-11-07|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-05-17|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Murder of ABVP activist N Sachin Gopal and Vishal ===

On 6 July 2012, N. Sachin Gopal, a student of Modern ITC, Kannur and the district leader ], was allegedly stabbed by members of the Campus Front and Popular Front of India. Student leader Vishal was murdered.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ban orders in Chengannur, Mavelikkara|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article572853.ece|newspaper=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ABVP pays homage to Sachin Gopal|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/abvp-pays-homage-to-sachin-gopal/article3913520.ece}}</ref> Gopal later died of his injuries at KMC Hospital in Mangalore on 6 September 2012<ref name="auto"/> A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed to investigate the case.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article3864525.ece |title=ABVP activist who was stabbed dies |work=The Hindu|date=2012-09-06 |access-date=2014-04-17 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

=== SMS campaign against people of the North-East ===

After the ], an ] hate campaign was launched in the South of India threatening people from the North-East with retribution, particularly after Ramzan. Investigators traced the source of these hate messages to ] (HuJI) and the Popular Front of India, along with its affiliate organisations ] and ]. More than 60 million messages were sent in a single day on 13 August 2012. Some 28-30 percent of the messages were found to have been uploaded from Pakistan. The SMS campaign was designed to create a panic among the people from the North-East, forcing them to flee. This led to a mass exodus of 30,000 people from cities of ], ], ] and national capital ]. Union ] banned bulk SMS and MMS for 15 days to quell rumors and threats.<ref name="zen"/><ref name="noe"/><ref name="Bihar Prabha"/><ref name="Rediff"/><ref>
{{cite book |title=Governing India's Northeast: Essays on Insurgency, Development and the Culture of Peace |first=Samir Kumar |last=Das |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |year=2013 |isbn=978-8132211464 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hSFGAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA8 |pages=8–9}}
</ref>

The PFI has denied the accusation.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/ne-exodus-pfi-denies-hand-in-hate-message-campaign/20120821.htm |title=NE exodus: PFI denies hand in hate message campaign - Rediff.com India News |publisher=Rediff.com |date=2012-08-21 |access-date=2014-04-15}}
</ref>

=== Attack on T. J. Joseph by PFI activists ===

{{Main|Attack on T. J. Joseph}}
In Jan 2011, Kerala Police filed a charge sheet against 27 alleged PFI activists in conjunction with an incident in which they severed the hand of a Kerala professor who had offended the religious sentiments of his students.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Hand-chopping-case--Charge-sheet-filed-against-27-accused/737464 |title=Hand chopping case: Charge sheet filed against 27 accused |newspaper=The Indian Express|date=2011-01-14 |access-date=2014-04-15}}</ref> At the time of the attack, Joseph was coming back from his duties at a private Christian college in Muvattapuzha and had been accused of blasphemy.<ref>
{{Cite news
|title = Propaganda CD suspected to be that of Al Queda seized
|agency = Press Trust of India
|newspaper = Hindustan Times
|date = 9 July 2010
|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/Propaganda-CD-suspected-to-be-that-of-Al-Queda-seized/Article1-569745.aspx
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130125065239/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Propaganda-CD-suspected-to-be-that-of-Al-Queda-seized/Article1-569745.aspx
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 25 January 2013
}}</ref><ref>
{{Cite news
| title= Family of Indian professor 'forgives' attackers
| first=Alastair
| last=Lawson
| newspaper=BBC News
| date=2010-07-08
| url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10557819.stm
}}</ref>

It is reported that the attack resulted from the ruling from one of the "Taliban-model" courts (]) operating in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/jul/07/islamic-court-ordered-chopping-of-profs-palm.htm |title=Islamic court ordered chopping of prof's palm - Rediff.com India News |publisher=Rediff.com |date=2010-07-07 |access-date=2014-04-15}}</ref> The Kerala state police claimed to be "unearthing the vast network" of the PFI,<ref>
{{Cite news
| title= Gulf-bound persons under police scanner
| newspaper=Express News
| date=2010-07-09
| url= http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article180545.ece
}}</ref> and after a series of raids on the houses of PFI members, the district secretary of the PFI "threatened the officer with dire consequences if he continued raiding the houses of its activists."<ref>
{{Cite news
|title = Kerala prof attacker now threatens cop
|newspaper = Hindustan Times
|date = 2010-07-07
|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/Kerala-prof-attacker-now-threatens-cop/Article1-568506.aspx
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100710124239/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Kerala-prof-attacker-now-threatens-cop/Article1-568506.aspx
|archive-date = 10 July 2010}}</ref> On 9 July 2010, it was reported that PFI installations were being raided by police, and that they had found ] videos from the global ] network ] in the possession of one alleged PFI member, and a rifle, fake ]s, and fake ]s in the possession of another member of the PFI.<ref name=ieconcern/><ref>{{Cite news
|title = Propaganda CD suspected to be that of Al Queda seized
|agency = Press Trust of India
|newspaper = Hindustan Times
|date = 2010-07-09
|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/Propaganda-CD-suspected-to-be-that-of-Al-Queda-seized/Article1-569745.aspx
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130125065239/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Propaganda-CD-suspected-to-be-that-of-Al-Queda-seized/Article1-569745.aspx
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 2013-01-25
}}</ref><ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722064152/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article525464.ece |date=22 July 2010 }}, KOCHI, 21 July 2010, thehindu.com</ref> As a result of the incident, the BJP has called for a ban on the PFI and an examinations of possible links between the PFI and the Taliban by the National Investigation Agency.<ref name="DNA_2010-06-12">
{{Cite news
| newspaper=Daily News & Analysis
| title=BJP demands ban on PFI, Kochi lecturer case be probed by NIA
| date=2010-06-12
| url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_bjp-demands-ban-on-pfi-kochi-lecturer-case-be-probed-by-nia_1408771
}}</ref>

One of the chief accused in this case, Prof. Anas was acquitted. He had contested to win the local elections from jail. He alleged the accusation is a scheme devised by the NIA and the police to deliberately target the Popular Front.<ref name="nyoooz.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nyoooz.com/kochi/96798/former-pfi-district-head-among-those-acquitted#|title=Former PFI district head among those acquitted|work=NYOOOZ|access-date=4 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504211559/http://www.nyoooz.com/kochi/96798/former-pfi-district-head-among-those-acquitted|archive-date=4 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Shimoga Violence ===

Karnataka's Shimoga faced violence during rallies held by Popular Front of India, which resulted in the death of two persons. Popular Front of India activists were arrested for the murder of Vishwanath Shetty. Later it was proved that the second killing was related to Popular Front.<ref>{{cite web|title=dajiworld|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=298194}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Prohibitory orders|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/prohibitory-orders-imposed-in-shimoga-after-communal-clash/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Violence rips Shimoga|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Violence-rips-Shimoga-Section-144-imposed/articleshow/46304418.cms}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bolt from the blue for this family|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/bolt-from-the-blue-for-this-family/article6918836.ece}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Man dies as group attacks him after communal clash|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/460915/man-dies-group-attacks-him.html|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>

=== Funding of Anti-CAA Protests ===

On 1 January 2020 Union law minister Mr.] stated that Popular Front of India, may have played a part in violence surrounding some protests against the ] (CAA).<ref>{{Cite news|title=anti-caa-protests-trouble-mounts-for-pfi-over-source-of-funding-as-ed-deepens-prob|work=India Today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/anti-caa-protests-trouble-mounts-for-pfi-over-source-of-funding-as-ed-deepens-probe-1643184-2020-02-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=ed-says-pfi-mobilised-money-to-fund-anti-caa-protests|work=Business today|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/ed-says-pfi-mobilised-money-to-fund-anti-caa-protests/story/394730.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=anti-caa-protest-funding-trail-leads-ed-to-pfi.|work=Deccan Chronicle|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/280120/anti-caa-protest-funding-trail-leads-ed-to-pfi.html}}</ref>] (ED) has also informed ] in its report submitted to Home Ministry and is investigating a ] probe.<ref>{{Cite news|title=ed-finds-financial-links-between-pfi-and-anti-caa-protests-in-up|work=The Times of India|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ed-finds-financial-links-between-pfi-and-anti-caa-protests-in-up-sources/articleshow/73662688.cms?from=mdr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Delhi riots: ED books Tahir Hussain, PFI for money-laundering|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/delhi-riots-ed-books-tahir-hussain-pfi-for-money-laundering-53845|access-date=2020-08-08|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref> However Popular Front of India has denied any link with any protest against the ] in the country and called it a cheap campaign against Popular Front of India.<ref>{{Cite news|title=pfi-popular-front-of-india-funded-anti-caa-protests-ed-to-mha-|work=ndtv.com|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pfi-popular-front-of-india-funded-anti-caa-protests-ed-to-mha-2183376}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=totally-baseless-pfi-rejects-charges-of-funding-anti-caa-protests-in-uttar-pradesh|work=The Indian Express|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/totally-baseless-pfi-rejects-charges-of-funding-anti-caa-protests-in-uttar-pradesh-6237980/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=government/popular-front-of-india-caa-protests-kapil-sibal|work=thewire|url=https://thewire.in/government/popular-front-of-india-caa-protests-kapil-sibal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=cheap-campaign-pfi-tells-govt-to-prove-charge-that-it-funds-caa-protests|work=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cheap-campaign-pfi-tells-govt-to-prove-charge-that-it-funds-caa-protests/story-tAu0SP1MuRN58TNXBOklzN.html}}</ref>

===Forced conversion===
AS Zainaba, president of the ] – the PFI's women's wing – have admitted planning forced religious conversions to Islam at charitable trusts related to PFI.<ref name=":0" />


== On accusations and counter charges == == On accusations and counter charges ==

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Popular Front of India
AbbreviationPFI
Formation22 November 2006
TypeVoluntary Based Nonprofit organisation
PurposeTo establish an egalitarian society in which freedom, justice and security are enjoyed by all.
HeadquartersG-66, 2nd Floor, Shaheen Bagh Kalindikunj, Noida Road, New Delhi – 110025, Tel/ Fax – 011 29949902
Region served India
Chairman of the FrontOMA Abdul Salam
Websitewww.popularfrontindia.org

The Popular Front of India (PFI) is an extremist Islamic organisation in India formed as a successor to National Development Front (NDF) in 2006, and often have been accused for involvement in anti-national and anti-social activities by the Indian Government. It acquired a multi-state dimension by merging with the National Development Front, Manitha Neethi Pasarai, Karnataka Forum for Dignity and other organisations. The PFI describe themselves as a neo-social movement committed to empower people to ensure justice, freedom and security. The organisation has various wings to cater to different sections of society, including the National Women's Front and the Campus Front of India.

PFI claims to work in cooperation with the National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations and other human rights activists in a bid to curb human rights violations in the nation. The organisation campaigns for Muslim Reservation in line with the Mishra Commission (National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities) report to address inequality faced by Muslims in India. In 2012, the organisation conducted protests against the use of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act to detain innocent citizens.

Since its inception, the organisation has been accused of various antisocial and anti-national activities. The allegations include connections with various Islamic terrorist groups, possessing arms, kidnapping, murder, intimidation, hate campaigns, rioting, Love Jihad and various acts of religious extremism. In 2010, the assault on Prof. T. J. Joseph who published a controversial question paper, supposedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad, was linked to the PFI. However, the charges were denied by the organisation, which added that the accusations were fabricated to malign the organisation.

In 2012, the Government of Kerala informed the High Court of their opinion that the activities of the Popular Front are inimical to the safety of the country and that it is "nothing but a resurrection of the banned outfit Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in another form", in its argument to ban the organisation's Independence Day programme, dubbed "Freedom Parade". The High Court dismissed the Government's stand, but upheld the ban imposed by the State Government. In July 2010, the Kerala Police seized country-made bombs, weapons, CDs and several documents containing Taliban and Al-Qaeda propaganda, from PFI activists. The raids conducted were subsequently termed "undemocratic" and "unconstitutional" by the organisation. As of 6 September 2010, as informed to the state high court by the Kerala government, no evidence has been found by the police in its probe into the allegation of links to Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashkar-e Taiba (Let) or Al-Qaeda. However, in April 2013 a series of raids by the Kerala Police on PFI centres across North Kerala found lethal weapons, foreign currency, human shooting targets, bombs, explosive raw materials, gunpowder, swords, among other things. The Kerala Police claimed that the raid revealed the "terror face" of the PFI.

In 2015, the Madras High Court issued a notice to the Commissioner of Police based on the PIL charging police for having given misleading information to HC on the "unity march", a variant of the Freedom Parade. The HC directed to register a case against the CoP and the SP, and ₹3.3mn as compensation for "loss of image, reputation and defamation". The organisation provided counter arguments to the allegations positioned against it in its 2012 nationwide campaign "Why Popular Front".

The organisation is also known for its anti-Imperialist and anti-Zionist stance, as seen in the pro-Palestine protests in various parts of the country in November 2012, and later in July 2014 with the nationwide solidarity campaigns christened "I am Gaza". In 2015, the Popular Front protested against the death sentence given to a democratically elected leader and Islamist affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Morsi and his followers. The protest was in front of the Egyptian embassy in New Delhi.

History

The PFI started in Kerala as successor to National Development Front in 2006. It went on to merge with the Karnataka Forum for Dignity of Karnataka and the Manitha Neethi Pasarai in Tamil Nadu and later in 2009, with Goa's Citizen's Forum, Rajasthan's Community Social and Educational Society, West Bengal's Nagarik Adhikar Suraksha Samiti, Manipur's Lilong Social Forum and Andhra Pradesh's Association of Social Justice. It actively advocates Muslim reservations, personal law courts for Muslims, the cause of Dalits, Muslims and tribals, and scholarships to deprived Muslim students.

A common platform was formed in cooperation with the South India Council as an outcome of a regional discussion attended by Muslim social activists and intellectuals from the South Indian States at Bangalore on 25 and 26 January 2004. It has taken up the issue of reservation in government and private sector jobs and Parliament and Assemblies and in cooperation with the Confederation of Muslim Institutions in India, it organised a two-day workshop on Muslim Reservations on 26 and 27 November 2005 at Hyderabad, inaugurated by Rajya Sabha member Rahman Khan. The slogan of PFI is Naya Karavan: Naya Hindustan, which is Urdu for "New Caravan: new India".

Leadership (Office Bearers)

The National General Assembly (NGA) of Popular Front of India elected

O.M.A Salam - Chairman

E.M Abdul Rahiman - Vice Chairman

Anis Ahmed, General Secretary

V.P Nasruddin, Secretary

Afsar Pasha, Secretary

Mohammed Shakif, Secretary

E Abubacker, NEC Member

Prof P Koya, NEC Member

Mohammed Ali Jinnah, NEC Member

A.S Ismail, NEC Member

Adv. Mohammed Yusuff, NEC Member

Abdul Wahid Sait, NEC Member

Career

Advisor and civil servant

After completing her studies in economics, Andersson gained employment in the Prime Minister's Office as a political adviser to Göran Persson from 1996 to 1998, and later served as Director of Planning from 1998 to 2004. She then spent time in the civil service, working as Secretary of state in the Ministry of Finance from 2004 to 2006, before leaving to become a political adviser again, this time to Opposition Leader Mona Sahlin, from 2007 to 2009. She left this role when the Government nominated her for Chief Director of the Swedish Tax Agency, a position she held until 2012. She resigned upon her adoption as a Social Democratic candidate ahead of the 2014 general election.

Minister for Finance

Andersson with her first government budget (known as nådiga luntan) outside the Parliament on 23 October 2014

After the Social Democratic victory in the 2014 Swedish general election in which Andersson was elected as a member of the Riksdag, she was appointed as the Minister for Finance by new prime minister Stefan Löfven in his cabinet. As a result of coalition negotiations, while Andersson had overall responsibility for the Finance Ministry, Per Bolund was given responsibility for the oversight of financial markets and consumer protection as the Minister for Financial Markets. Andersson was reappointed as Finance Minister by Löfven following the 2018 election.

In 2020, members of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the primary policy advisory committee of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), chose Andersson to serve as chair of the committee for a term of three years. She became the first European in that role after more than a decade, as well as the first woman to hold that position.

In August 2021, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven announced he would resign as party leader at the Social Democratic Party Congress in November 2021. Andersson was quickly regarded by many as the candidate most likely to succeed him, and on 29 September 2021, the Social Democratic Party nominating committee announced that Andersson had been chosen as leader-designate ahead of the congress; should the designation be accepted by the Riksdag, Andersson would become leader and Sweden's first female Prime Minister.

Leader of the Social Democratic Party

Andersson was elected Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party on 4 November 2021, becoming the party's second female leader after Mona Sahlin.

On 10 November 2021, the incumbent prime minister Stefan Löfven formally resigned from office. As part of the 2021 Swedish government formation, the Speaker of the Riksdag held talks with all party leaders on 11 November 2021 and shortly after tasked Andersson with forming a government, giving her one week. On 23 November 2021, it was announced that Andersson had reached an agreement with the Left Party to support her at the upcoming prime ministerial vote. With the Centre Party having previously agreed to support her, Andersson had the support of the required number of MPs to become Sweden's next prime minister.

Prime Minister of Sweden

See also: 2021 Swedish government formation and Andersson Cabinet

On 24 November 2021, Andersson was elected Sweden's prime minister by the Riksdag. At the time of her election, she would have assumed office formally on 26 November 2021. Although she did not receive a majority of "yes" votes, a majority did not vote against her due to abstentions. Under Sweden's principles of "negative parliamentarism", since a majority was not opposed to Andersson's nomination, this was sufficient to elect her prime minister.

A few hours after Andersson's election, her budget was defeated in the Riksdag. The opposition budget passed instead. Since the opposition budget was drafted with the support of the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats, the Green Party pulled out of the coalition rather than be bound to govern under it, leading Andersson to resign before taking office. This was based on the convention that a prime minister should resign if a party leaves the governing coalition. She notified Speaker Andreas Norlén that she would be interested in leading a Social Democratic single-party government.

On 29 November 2021, Andersson was elected prime minister again by a narrow margin of two votes. This was expected after all parties that supported her in the first vote (the Centre Party, the Green Party, and the Left Party), indicated their willingness to support her when the Riksdag took another vote. On 30 November 2021, Andersson and her administration formally assumed office when they met in council with King Carl XVI Gustaf and he announced them. Andersson is Sweden's first female prime minister, and the country's first female head of government since Queen Ulrika Eleonora abdicated in 1720.

On accusations and counter charges

In 2012, the Popular Front launched a nationwide campaign "Why the Popular Front", detailing the alleged false accusations and attempts by mainstream media and other organisations to tarnish its image. The organisation maintains that it strives hard to restore the rights of the depressed and marginalised sections of the Indian society. The organisation's former Chairman, E M Abdul Rahman, gave elaborate justifications for the accusations that the PFI faces that year. Further, the organisation filed complaints with the Press Council of India against 10 newspapers—both Hindi and English—for their attempts to tarnish the image of the PFI. In 2013, in line with the PFI's counter charge, "Coastal Digest" reported that the NIA and the IB denied that they had shared any such information, denying the claims by the media. This was in response to the 2012 complaints against 10 newspapers. In March 2015, Indian intelligence agencies reported that the role of the PFI in the 2011 Mumbai bombings, 2012 Pune bombings and 2013 Hyderabad blasts had been found; claims which were subsequently denied by the PFI.

Political activities

National Political Conference

The public meeting on 17 February 2009 which marked the conclusion of National Political Conference saw the merger of social organisations in eight states into the Popular Front of India. Along with the state presidents of NDF Kerala, MNP Tamil Nadu and KFD Karnataka which had already merged with Popular Front, heads of social organisations in Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Manipur joined hands on the dais with the Popular Front chairman.

Freedom Parade on Indian Independence Day

Freedom Parade, 2010.

The PFI and its allies conducted a freedom parade on 15 August in 2009 and 2010 in celebration of Indian Independence Day. The parade was followed by a public meeting. In 2010, the parade was conducted in Udupi and Mettuppalayam. In the previous year it was conducted in Mangalore and Madurai.

The Kerala state government banned the Freedom Parade stating it would jeopardise communal harmony. The ban was challenged in the Kerala High Court which upheld the ban. The Intelligence wing of Kerala Police had informed the High Court that PFI is the new face of banned Islamist group Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and is engaged in fundamentalist and anti-national activities. This stand of the government was rejected by the High Court.

Social Justice conference 2011

The Social Justice Conference was held at Ramlila Ground in New Delhi on 26 and 27 November 2011. The conference was addressed by Syed Shahabuddin, a former MP and Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Samajwadi Party leader, and Thol. Thirumavalavan the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader. The key address of the conference was to plea the UPA government to implement the findings of Sachar Committee Report and the Ranganath Misra Commission.

Protest against misuse of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act

21 activists of PFI were charged with Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for involvement in anti-national activities. Following which, in May 2013, the organisation conducted a statewide campaign in Kerala, it started on 8 May from Kasargod and how the UAPA is being misused, and how they believe it is terrorising citizens who resisted oppression from a ruling elite. The campaign concluded with a mass gathering at the State Capital, Thiruvananthapuram on 30 May.

Muslim minority reservation and employment

KM Shareef, the National General Secretary of PFI has asserted that reservation is the most immediate need of Muslims, referencing a report submitted by the Prime Minister's High Level Committee (Justice Rajindar Sachchar Committee) in November 2006, which identified the Muslim community as more backward than any other, and claimed that insufficient discussion on this topic was taking place in assemblies and parliament. In the context of the Central Government's decision on reservation in higher education, the South India Council organised three Regional Conventions on Reservation: in Calcutta on 4 August 2006, in Bangalore on 5 August 2006, and in Chennai on 17 August 2006. A National Convention on Reservation in Higher Education was organised by the South India Council jointly with All India Milli Council at New Delhi on 29 August 2006. Former Prime Minister V. P. Singh also addressed the convention. In 2010, the National Executive Council of the PFI demanded a ten percent reservation for Muslims across India.

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