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Updated: Apr 16, 2015 01:02 IST

Hardline separatist leader Masarat Alam’s supporters waved Pakistani flags and shouted anti-India slogans during a rally in support of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani in Srinagar on Wednesday.Alam, released from jail last month, marched with his supporters towards Geelani’s home when the chairman of the hardline Hurriyat faction returned from Delhi after four months.Footage on television showed 47-year-old Alam, projected as a likely successor to Geelani, ringed by several men carrying Pakistani flags. They shouted slogans against India and in support of independence.Officials registered an FIR at Budgam police station against Geelani, Alam, Bashir Ahmad Bhat alias Peer Saifullah and other separatist leaders for their "provocative activities" and for hoisting the Pakistani flag in Hyderpora. The FIR was filed under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and RPC.Some people who were part of the crowd organised by Geelani and the others pelted stones on CRPF vehicles though security personnel exercised restraint to safeguard the lives of people.

The BJP asked its ally PDP to take immediate action against separatist leaders like Masarat Alam, failing which it said that consequences" would follow.



"This is unacceptable. We demand immediate action against Alam and the others who were involved in today's rally. There can be no leniency on this, this is clearly a major aberration and we expect PDP to take action.



"If corrective action is not taken... If PDP does not conform to expected notes (sic) of BJP and the Centre, consequences would follow," said BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao.

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