Srinagar, May 16 -- A top leader of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami, a politico-religious body based in the Valley, on Wednesday said they would participate in the upcoming assembly polls if the Centre revokes the ban on the outfit.

The Centre had in 2019 imposed a five-year ban on the Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu and Kashmir, citing the outfit's ties with terrorist groups. The organisation had first been banned in 1975 and again in 1990. Later, police had also blamed it for running the terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen.

"Our Shurah (consultative committee) has taken a decision that we should make efforts to get the ban revoked," Ghulam Qadir Wani, who is a top member of the outfit and is holding talks with several groups and agencies on behalf of t...