Activists of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) on Saturday protested against the BJP-PDP government over the realese of hardliner Hurriayat Conference lader Masrat Alam.

BJYM said BJP activists will hold protest rallies across the state if the state government fails to re-arrest the Hurriayat lader who was accused of inciting youth during the 2010 unrest in the Kashmir Valley in which at least 112 people were killed in bloody clashes between unruly mobs and security forces.

BJYM district vice-president Ajay Pargwal criticised Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed for releasing Alam who was involved in stone pelting incidents in Kashmir Valley.
 
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday released separatist leader Masrat Alam from preventive detention after more than four years. 

Reacting to Alam's release, Mufti said that there is no need to make such a big issue about it, people are released all the time.