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Sidhu, a Punjab government minister, on Sunday accepted Pakistan's invitation to attend the ceremony on Wednesday, while Singh declined the invitation, citing continued continued terrorist attacks from the government. on the other side of the border in his state.
Defending his decision to visit Pakistan, Sidhu congratulated the two governments for taking the initiative to build the corridor, saying that this measure would help promote peace between the two countries.
"It is a laudable step of both governments (India and Pakistan) .I used to say that you (India) took a step and that they (Pakistan) were ready to make two steps, now you have taken a step and they announced The next day we will inaugurate it (Kartarpur Sahib corridor), "Sidhu told the ANI news agency.
As a man who served in the Indian Army, Singh stated that he could not tolerate the killing of innocent Indians by Pakistani security forces and therefore could not to go to the neighboring country.
As a result of the foundation ceremony of the Dera Baba Nanak-Kartarpur Sahib corridor in Gurdaspur, Singh told reporters after Sidhu's decision to visit Pakistan for the groundbreaking ceremony, that it was "his way of thinking".
On the central government's decision to send his ministers to Pakistan for the ceremony, the Punjab prime minister said it was incumbent upon them to do what they thought was good, but he should have been more sensitive to the feelings of the Indian soldiers. and the citizens.
"The Center can not turn a blind eye to what is happening in India as a result of Pakistan's policy and support for terrorist groups," Singh said.
He said that the world knows that Pakistan supports terrorist activities in India and cited as examples the bombings of Pathankot (2016), Mumbai (2008), Dina Nagar to Gurdaspur (2015) and unrest in Jammu and Kashmir.
Singh said that he would not travel to Pakistan until the country did not stop unleashing the cycle of violence in India.
"If you think that Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan can stop him, that will not happen.The governments are working under the army in Pakistan.The army is a power in itself. It is up to the chief of the Pakistani army, General Bajwa, to understand that such things should no longer happen … Armies do not fight innocent women and children, armies do not throw grenades on the religious congregation, the armies are there to defend the country, "he said.
In August, Sidhu's visit to Pakistan as a result of Khan's swearing had been criticized by opposition parties for his embrace to the Pakistani army chief, the general Qamar Javed Bajwa. Sidhu had claimed that General Bajwa had told him about "making efforts to open the Kartarpur corridor."
Kartarpur is located in Shakargarh, Narowal District, Punjab Province, Pakistan. Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, has spent more than 18 years of his life here.
The Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara is about three kilometers from the Pakistan border.
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