Separatist leader Masarat Alam on Thursday denied waving Pakistan's flag in Srinagar on Wednesday, but simultaneously added that there was nothing wrong in doing so.
"I didn't personally wave any flags (Pak flag), people did, but I don't find anything wrong in it. This is nothing new. It has been happening since 1947," said Alam.
Earlier, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had stated that the law will take its own course even as demands for Alam's arrest resurfaced.
A host of protests were organised across the country in protest against separatist leader Masarat Alam and the Jammu and Kashmir government.
While the Shiv Sena led a protest in Jammu, the Youth Congress led another agitation in Bengaluru.
On Wednesday, Alam sparked a fresh controversy by raising anti-India slogans to greet separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
The incident led to widespread criticism over Mufti Sayeed's move to release Alam, a political prisoner, from the Baramulla prison, as there were no criminal charges against him.
Alam is the chairman of Muslim League, a constituent of hardline Hurriyat Conference led by Geelani and is widely seen as the latter's heir apparent.
He had been convicted for organizing anti-India protests resulting in the death of 112 people in stone pelting across the Valley in 2010.
