Kartarpur Corridor: Sidhu Goes With Kartarpur Credit and Forms Mutual Admiration Club With Imran | India News

KARTARPUR SAHIB: Even in the presence of Union Ministers Harsimrat Kaur and Hardeep Puri, Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu seemed to have the merit of opening the Kartarpur corridor.

Successive presidents applauded Sidhu 's role with a Pakistani minister, even stating that there was more "jhappian (hugging)" between Sidhu and the leader of the government. Pakistani army Qamar Bajwa, several other outstanding issues between India and Pakistan could be solved.

Sidhu himself praised Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan, describing him as a "farishta (angel)" for his role in opening the corridor. The audience, which included nearly 4,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims, often responded by shouting "Jo bole so nihal, as sri akal" to Sidhu's comments.

"Imran Khan is a man who is true to his word Every time the history of Kartarpur is written, his name will appear on page 1," said Sidhu, in a Punjabi-versed speech and Urdu.

"The two governments deserve our recognition, it takes two to tango, but Imran Sahib showed that he was not the kind of man who would let you down. did what we could not do in 73 years, "added Sidhu. .

Sidhu said that much damage had already been done to Indo-Pakistani relations and that Kartarpur had opened up many possibilities. "I come from a country where the mind is without fear and where the head is high." Imran Khan yaari nibhata hai, "he said.

Sidhu nodded vigorously when Khan later evoked the possibility of opening borders in South Asia in order to improve trade and solve the problem of poverty in the region. Khan said that it is business and commerce that brought together countries like Germany and France.

Khan also spoke of the criticism that Sidhu had been facing in India after his visit to Pakistan following Khan's swearing-in. "Usne kya crime kar diya? Itni tanquide (criticism) kis liye? Pyaar aur dosti ki baat karne ke liye? How could there be a cohabitation between two countries with nuclear weapons?" said Khan.

On a lighter note, Khan said that Sidhu's popularity in Pakistan was such that he could win every election in the country.

At the public event that followed, Sidhu was also sitting closer to Khan than the Indian government representative Kaur. Sidhu had even said earlier that the "real credit" for the opening of Kartarpur should go to Khan.

Significantly, even many Indian Sikh pilgrims on the scene seemed to thank Sidhu for what they described as a peace initiative. "It was he who initiated it and the two governments followed," said Pooran Singh, 65, a native of Amritsar.