Sidhu visits Pakistan again, this time for foundation of Kartarpur Corridor
Navjot Singh Sidhu reaches Pakistan to attend ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor to be held tomorrow. He was invited by Pakistani PM Imran Khan
Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu crossed the Attari-Wagah border to reach Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday, November 27, to attend the ground-breaking ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor to be held tomorrow. He was invited by Pakistani PM Imran Khan and External Affairs Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi for the foundation ceremony
He confirmed that “no one from the Centre or state had objected to his visit.”
He called the corridor “the corridor of infinite possibilities", stating that “the initiative would promote peace and erase "enmity" between India and Pakistan and prosperity as well as trade opportunity” .
Sidhu’s visit to Pakistan comes a day after he skipped the foundation-laying ceremony on the Indian side, saying he was not into any credit war.
He informed a news channel that "the “full credit” of the decision to develop and open the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara Corridor between the two countries goes to “friend” and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.”
The foundation stone on the Pakistani side of the corridor will be laid by Imran Khan on Wednesday November 28th. On Monday, November 26, Indian Vice President M.Venkaiah Naidu and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh laid the foundation stone of the corridor in Gurdaspur, Punjab.
Speaking to reporters after crossing the border, Sidhu denied his visit would put the Congress in a spot, like his last visit to Pakistan in August 2018 during the swearing in ceremony of Imran Khan as the Prime Minister when he “embraced” Pakistan Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa.
The foundation stone on the Pakistani side of the corridor will be laid by Imran Khan on Wednesday November 28th. On Monday, November 26, Indian Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh laid the foundation stone of the corridor in Gurdaspur, Punjab.
The corridor would aid the passage of Sikh pilgrims from India to worship Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan which was built to commemorate the site where Guru Nanak Dev, the Sikhs first guru and founder of Sikhism.
The decision to build the passage from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district to the International Border was taken by the Union Cabinet on November 22. Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur is located on the banks of the Ravi river in Pakistan
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