NEW DELHI: Responding to the opposition charges in Parliament, home minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the Centre had sought report from the J&K government on the controversial release of hardline separatist Masarat Alam from jail.

Making a statement in the Lok Sabha, Rajnath Singh said national security and safety will not be compromised and assured the House that the Union government had also taken the matter seriously and further clarification had been sought from the state government.

“We will ensure strong advisory is sent out to the state government if the clarification isn’t satisfactory,” he added.

Prime Minister Modi also made a statement in the House on the issue. “I am in sync with the outrage that is being asserted in the nation and the Parliament,” Modi said.

Modi said the Centre was not consulted by the J&K government on the decision to release Masarat Alam. “Whatever action is being taken in J&K is being taken without consulting coalition partner or with central government,” he said.

The Prime Minister conceded the Centre had to take some blame since it was in coalition in Jammu & Kashmir. But he assured the House that no step which undermined unity of the country would be tolerated. “Do not teach us patriotism,” PM Narendra Modi told the opposition.

“We have asked for a clarification on the Masrat Alam issue, when it comes we will inform you,” the Prime Minister said.