The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will go ahead with its plans to hoist the Tricolour at the historic Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Republic Day despite Chief Minister Omar Abdullah having cautioned the party against it, a party official said on Thursday.

Reacting to the chief minister's assertions on Wednesday that hoisting the Indian national flag at Lal Chowk on January 26 would serve as a provocation to the people of Kashmir, the BJP leaders here have said that "Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India, and they would go ahead with the plan".