New Delhi: The Head of the Punjab Congress Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday offers prayers at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib who is respected in Pakistan.
He emphasized the “opening of new friendship chapters” and trade between India and Pakistan.
“In the name of Baba Teacher Nanak, the new chapter of friendship between the two countries must begin,” Sidhu said on his arrival at Kartarpur Sahib.
It came a few days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi-LED Government decided to reopen the Visa-free Kartarpur corridor for Sikh pilgrims from November 17.
“After World War where millions of people lose their lives, if Europe can open the border on one.
-Visa, have one passport and one currency, why not in our region where we have numbers like Bhagat Singh and Maharaja Ranjeet Singh What is respected by everyone? “Sidhu asked.
Politicians who turned with cricket said he wanted reciprocal love between India and Pakistan.
“There is a need to open a window on the wall established in 74 years (between India and Pakistan),” he said, emphasizing the opening of trade between the two countries.
“I ask for it if you want to change the life of the punjab, we have to open the border (for cross-border trade).
Why should we go through Mungra Port, a total of 2100 km? Why not from here, where only 21 km (to Pakistan),” said Sidhu.
The Kartarpur Corridor Links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, the final resting place for the founder of the teacher of Nanak Dev, to the Temple of Dera Baba Nanak in the Gurdaspur district.
The 4 km-length corridor provides free visa access to Indian Peziz Sikh to visit Darbar Sahib.
Pilgrimage to Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara was suspended in March last year because of the Covid-19 outbreak.
The head of the Punjab Congress also thanked Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to take steps to open the corridor.
“I thank PM (Imran Khan) to take the first step and on the other side (India) responded with two steps.
I have said that those who support ‘Laanga’ (corridors) will have blessings and those who oppose there is no value, “He said.
When the CEO of the Kartarpur corridor project management unit welcomed the former Cricketer testing at the zero point and extended the best expectations to him and his delegation on behalf of the Prime Minister, Sidhu said, “Imran Khan is my brother.
I am very honored.
He (Khan) Give us a lot of love.
“He visited the complex and also offered religious rituals.
Sidhu and members of the delegation were offered ‘Langar’ (food) made of wheat and vegetable fields, which Teacher Nanak Dev used to guard.
According to Latif, more than 300 Sikh India visited Kartarpur Sahib on Saturday – fourth day from the reopening route suspended for about 20 months after Covid.
Earlier this week, Chairman of the Punjab Minister Chararjit Singh Channi along with 37 others, including the minister of cabinet, and Jagir Kaur, President Committee Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak (SGPC), has visited Gurdwara Darbar Sahib.
In November 2019, Imran Khan officially inaugurated the Kartarpur corridor as part of the 550th anniversary of the birth of Nanak teacher at a colorful ceremony, opening the way for Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit one of their most holy religious sites in Pakistan without requiring a visa.
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– With agency input