Amritsar | Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday stated that going to Pakistan is Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu’s personal decision.
Speaking to reporters Amarinder Singh said, “Going to Pakistan is Navjot Singh Sidhu’s wish, I can’t say anything.” He further added it was my responsibility as Chief Minister of Punja and a Sikh so we let Kartarpur Corridor to happen. “However it is also my responsibility to maintain law and order and that prevents me from going to Pakistan,” he added.
That( going to Pak) is his(Sidhu) wish, I can’t say anything. I only know my responsibility as CM and a Sikh so that is why we wanted this( #KartarpurCorridor) to happen but also my responsibility is to maintain law and order and that prevents me from going(to Pak): Punjab CM pic.twitter.com/RguOPUPPaA
— ANI (@ANI) November 26, 2018
Earlier today Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Singh laid the foundation stone for the Kartarpur Sahib corridor, which will facilitate easy passage to Sikh pilgrims to the historic Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan. 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.
Cricketer turned Politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday accepted Pakistan’s invite to attend the ground-breaking ceremony of a corridor to the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara across the border saying this initiative would open “the borders of hearts and the mind”.
Kartarpur is located in Shakargarh in Narowal district of Pakistan’s Punjab. Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, had spent more than 18 years of his life there.
The Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara is located on the banks of the Ravi river, about three-four km from the border in Pakistan.
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