Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram hit out at Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday saying that his invitation to Rahul Gandhi to visit the Valley was never a sincere one but just a tool of propaganda.

The former finance minister's response comes a day after Malik reportedly accused Rahul Gandhi of "politicising" his invitation to him by seeking to bring a delegation of opposition leaders to the region to create "further unrest and problems for the common people".