A ‘jatha’ (group) led by Punjab Minister and Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi will visit Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan on Thursday. However, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has been credited by the Imran Khan government for opening the corridor between the two countries, will not be part of the ministerial team. tour comes a day early GurpurabIt marks the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism.
Officials said that Channi will be accompanied by some MLAs and some officials. However, Sidhu’s media advisor Surinder Dalla claimed on Wednesday night that Sidhu has been officially informed that he may leave on November 20 instead of November 18.
“Sidhu Saab Tomorrow (Thursday) all preparations were made to go to Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara.” Prayers, he added.
Pakistan in its website kartarpurcorridor-.com.pk has praised the role of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president in the inauguration of the corridor. The website states that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, a friend of Sidhu’s cricketing days, had decided to open the Kartarpur Corridor on the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev during his swearing-in ceremony and shared it with Sidhu. did. Arrived in Pakistan to attend the ceremony.
According to a report in times of India, the website’s homepage read: “This idea (the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor) was shared with Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Indian legendary Sikh cricketer, who attended the swearing-in ceremony of the Prime Minister of Pakistan. On November 28, 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan and Navjot Singh Sidhu attended the foundation stone laying ceremony of Kartarpur Corridor.
The credit for this comes amid claims by BJP’s Punjab chief Ashwini Sharma that the initiative was launched by the BJP government at the Center soon after coming to power in 2014.
The Kartarpur Corridor, which connects Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, with the Dera Baba Nanak temple in Gurdaspur district, reopened on Wednesday. The Gurpurab, which is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, will be celebrated on November 19. The pilgrimage to Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID pandemic.
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