BJP MLA Ravinder Raina demands arrest of separatist Asiya Andrabi

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ravinder Raina on Wednesday welcomed the FIR lodged against separatist Asiya Andrabi and demanded her arrest after she allegedly unfurled a Pakistan flag in Kashmir on March 23.

"I welcome this step, Asiya Andrabi is booked under law, and I immediately demand her arrest, she should be immediately shifted from Jammu and Kashmir to Tihar Jail," Ravinder Raina told the media.

"Gone are the days when these anti-national, pro-Pakistani and separatist Hurriyat leaders had their say in the state J-K," he added.

Raina asserted that there is a dynamic and powerful leadership in New Delhi and Narendra Modi is a very dynamic Prime Minister.

Further adding, "Stern action should be taken against these pro-Pakistani, separatist and propagandist."

Meanwhile, National Conference (NC) leader Mohammad Akbar Lone said that this was not the first time when a Pakistani flag was been hoisted in Kashmir.

"We need to see if she has broken the law. The police will investigate as to till what extent was it anti-national," Akbar Lone said.

"BJP has a big mandate and should address this politically," he added.

Earlier in the day, J-K Police filed an FIR against separatist Asiya Andrabi after she allegedly unfurled a Pakistan flag in Kashmir on March 23,the Islamic Republic's national day.

The FIR, which has been has been registered at the Nawhatta Police Station, accuses the Dukhtaran-e-Millat leader of unlawful activities.