Rejecting BJP leader Arun Jaitley's charge,Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said Delhi police will take action in accordance with law over the speeches made by Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah and others at a seminar here on Thursday. "I strongly reject Arun Jaitley's charge that the Centre was doing nothing when a seminar was held on Thursday in which Geelani and others participated," he said in a statement. Chidambaram said the authorities have videographed the entire proceedings of the seminar and have submitted them to the legal advisers for opinion whether there has been a violation of the laws. "If it is established prima facie that the laws have been violated,Delhi police will take action in accordance with the law," he said. Earlier today,the BJP slammed Centre for letting separatists 'promote' sedition. The BJP accused the Centre of looking the other way while "unacceptable" views were aired in the name of freedom of speech. "What happened in Delhi on Thursday when a group of separatists got together to hold a seminar to promote sedition under the nose of the government has stunned the nation. In a democracy,the right to secede cannot be accepted in the garb of right to free speech," Arun Jaitley,Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha,said. The BJP leader said the right to free speech enshrined in the Constitution cannot be used against the country. Criticising the government for not taking any preventive measures or punishing the guilty,he said,"There are two responsibilities and obligations of the state to prevent such events and to punish the offenders. The government exercised the option of looking the other way which is not available to it." Hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Kashmiri separatists as well as Naxal and Khalistan sympathisers came together yesterday under one platform to demand independence for Kashmir at a seminar 'Azadi-The Only Way'.
