Kartarpur Corridor: Amarinder Singh asked Sidhu to reconsider his trip to Pakistan

Punjab chief captain Amarinder Singh said on Tuesday that he asked Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu to reconsider his decision to travel to Pakistan for the inauguration ceremony. Corridor of Kartarpur. does not want to stop anyone from going on a personal visit.

In an informal conversation with mediators, the prime minister stated that Sidhu was in Madhya Pradesh when he had asked the minister to reconsider his decision. "Sidhu said he was already committed to going there. When I informed him of the position I took on the matter, he said it was his personal visit but he would call me back. But I did not hear from him, "said the prime minister, adding that the minister had sent him a request to leave and that he had approved it.

"I do not prevent anyone from going on a private visit. The visit of Sidhu is not an official visit, "said the Prime Minister.

Standing himself, having decided to refuse the visit of Pakistan, the CM declared that he thought he could say what he was doing. He felt "I have strong feelings about the issue, I have strong links with the army and I can not bear to see my people killed", he baderted.

Congress, he said, had always opposed terrorism and never allowed anyone to destroy the peace of the country or its people. Describing the situation in Pakistan as very uncertain and fluid, Mr. Amarinder said that no one knew who was running the government there or what was happening in that country. ys.

"If Imran Khan heads the government, he should then control the army terrorist groups). If he can not do that, he obviously has nothing in his hands, "said Singh. "My message is very clear: do not play with the Punjab," he said, reiterating his warning to Pakistan against any attempt to disrupt the peace in India.

Promising not to allow terrorism to return to Punjab at any cost, said the CM. the times had changed now – the Punjab then had a police force of less than 20,000, but now has 81,000 police officers to ensure its security and protection. However, if the situation escalates, then there is the Indian Army, which is well equipped and prepared to counter any threat, said Amarinder, adding that the army would not allow him (Pakistan) to create troubles in India. [19659004] Regarding the Kartarpur corridor, the CM made it clear that every Punjab was very happy with him and that there was no question that terrorists would use it for his sake. to infiltrate India. Nobody has to worry about this because the level of security in the corridor would be high, he added.

Stressing that the problem Manmohan Singh evoked the corridor on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. He himself raised the issue with Pakistani leaders Pervez Musharraf and Parvez Elahi. Amarinder said he was totally in favor of the corridor because he wanted peace. by increasing trade with Pakistan.

It was the mbadacre of Indians and innocent soldiers he could not tolerate, said the CM, recalling that Kargil was held during peace talks with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. Pakistan can not be trusted in the current circumstances, he said.

Asked about the 2020 referendum, the congressman said that Sikhs For Justice's legal advisor, GS Panu, was only the stooge of the ISI and that his organization was funded and managed by ISI. "There are no takers in India and is spread by a handful of antisocial," he added.

Amarinder added that the President of Akali and Union Minister, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, had made a mistake in describing the 1984 edition on the occasion of the ceremony laying the first stone of the Kartarpur corridor at Dera Baba Nanak. The Akalis, he said, had the habit of exploiting religion for political ends. But the people of Punjab no longer wanted to be misled by their propaganda, he added.

The CM was of the opinion that Congress members were justifiably dissatisfied with the fact that the Badals names appear on the foundation plate. The Center is doing the road and the protocol forbids the inclusion of Badals names, he said.