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Waving Pakistani flag not new in Kashmir: NC leader
Srinagar, May 2
The waving of the Pakistani
flag during separatist rallies in Jammu and Kashmir was not a new thing
and had also happened in the past, a National Conference leader and
former minister said here on Saturday.
"Here (Jammu and Kashmir),
there are some supporters of Pakistan, some support Azadi
(independence) and some prefer India. This goes on. However, if the law
has been violated, it is the job of the government to look into it," NC
general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar said during a protest rally here
against the state government's new recruitment policy.
At a
separatist rally led by hardline leader Masrat Alam in Srinagar on April
15, youth had waved Pakistani flags and shouted pro-Pakistan slogans.
Alam was arrested on April 17 for sedition and waging war against the
state.
On the issue of Kashmiri Pandits, Sagar, who was rural
development minister in the previous Omar Abdullah government, said that
during the NC-Congress coalition government, nearly 3,000 Kashmiri
Pandits were adjusted in Kashmir under various employment schemes.
"We
tried our best and they (Kashmiri Pandits) have every right to return
to their land. But we will oppose the RSS agenda of creating separate
colonies for them," he said, referring to recent news that the
government was proposing the creation of a separate township for
Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley.