The Union Home Ministry has given a go ahead to Delhi Police for registering a case against firebrand separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and few others for purportedly giving “hate speeches” at a seminar held in New Delhi earlier this week.

The Delhi Police has been asked to register a case.

Geelani, who gave a call to boycott the three interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir, on Sunday flew back to Kashmir.

Geelani’s speech in New Delhi had triggered sharp comments from the BJP.

BJP leader Arun Jaitley had accused the government of “looking the other way” when a number of separatist groups met at a conference to instigate session and to say that India cannot be one and must be broken.

This, he said, was unacceptable as there was no right of free speech available to break up the country.

This was against the sovereignty and integrity of the country and anyone exercising his right of speech in such a manner comes under criminal law.

It is an offence against the state, the BJP leader said.

However, rejecting the BJP leader’s charge, Home Minister P Chidambaram had 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 21st October.

“I strongly reject Arun Jaitley’s charge that the Centre was doing nothing when a seminar was held yesterday in which Geelani and others participated,” he had said in a statement.

Chidambaram said the authorities had 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 law.

“If it is established prima facie that the laws have been violated, Delhi police will take action in accordance with the law,” he had said.

At the convention on ‘Azadi–The Only Way’, Geelani shared the stage with writer Arundhati Roy and pro-Maoist leader Vara Vara Rao among others.