Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday “made it clear” that Kashmir is India’s internal matter even as he said that he does disagree with the Centre on many issues.

In a series of tweets, Gandhi said that Kashmir is India’s internal issue and that there is no room for Pakistan or any other foreign country to interfere in it.

I disagree with this Govt. on many issues. But, 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.

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— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 28, 2019

The Congress leader further said that there is violence in Jammu and Kashmir which is instigated and supported by Pakistan, known to be the prime supporter of terrorism across the world.

There is violence in Jammu & Kashmir. There is violence because it is instigated and supported by Pakistan which is known to be the prime supporter of terrorism across the world.

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 28, 2019

Rahul Gandhi’s comments come days after he and other opposition leaders, who had flown to Jammu and Kashmir, were sent back to Delhi from the Srinagar airport.

A delegation of opposition leaders had arrived at the Srinagar airport earlier on Saturday even as the Jammu and Kashmir administration had asked them to stay away.

The leaders had travelled to Kashmir to meet the people and party leaders in the region where restrictions have been imposed since the abrogation of Article 370.

The delegation comprised of Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad, D Raja, Sharad Yadav, Manoj Jha and Majeed Memon among others.

At least 400 political leaders in the Valley including former Chief Ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have been kept in preventive custody after the Centre had on August 5 revoked almost all the provisions of Article 370, which gave special status to the state and bifurcated it into Union territories.

Minutes after Rahul Gandhi’s tweet, Congress MP from Kerala Shashi Tharoor backed the former party president in a tweet.

Spot on, Chief! This is what @INCIndia has insisted all along: J&K is an integral part of India; we opposed the manner in which Art.370 was abrogated because the way it was done assaulted our Constitution& democratic values. No reason for Pak to draw any comfort from our stand https://t.co/iI8HZ6sopU

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 28, 2019

For the past few days, leaders of the Congress have been criticising Tharoor for supporting the stance of two other party leaders — Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Jairam Ramesh — that demonising Modi all the time would not work.