’Disagree with Govt but…’ Rahul tries to undo damage over Kashmir

Manglore Today News Network

New Delhi, Aug 28, 2019 : Amid a raging debate in the Congress over its aggressively anti-government stand on the Kashmir issue, former party president Rahul Gandhi tweeted on Wednesday to squarely blame Pakistan for “violence” in J&K, News18 reported.

 

Gandhi added that his differences with the government aside, Kashmir will remain India’s “internal issue”.

“There is violence because it is instigated and supported by Pakistan which is known to be the prime supporter of terrorism across the world… Let me make this absolutely clear: Kashmir is India’s internal issue & there is no room for Pakistan or any other foreign country to interfere in it,” Gandhi said in multiple tweets.

The Congress leader’s comments come days after his remarks following a failed attempt to tour the Kashmir Valley were widely reported in Pakistani media. Gandhi had last week said that he got a taste of the current "draconian administration" in Jammu and Kashmir when he and other opposition leaders were barred from leaving the Srinagar airport and sent back to Delhi.

Gandhi was also mentioned in a letter sent by Pakistan’s Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari on Monday to bolster Islamabad’s stand at the United Nations. The letter also quotes Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad questioning the restrictions in Kashmir.

Gandhi’s tweet on Wednesday was cheered by Thiruvananthapuram MP who landed in trouble with his Congress colleagues for suggesting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be “praised for doing the right things”.

“Spot on, Chief! This is what @INCIndia has insisted all along: J&K is an integral part of India… No reason for Pak to draw any comfort from our stand,” Tharoor tweeted.