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The Sikhs of America have hailed the Indian government's decision to build a religious corridor linking the Gurdaspur border district to the historic town of Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara in Pakistan, in response to community demand.
Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan is located on the other side of the Ravi River, about four kilometers from the Dera Baba Nanak shrine, in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab. It was created by the Sikh Guru in 1522. The first Gurdara, Gurdara Kartarpur Sahib, was built there, where Guru Nanak Dev would have died.
India and Pakistan have announced that tracts would be developed in their respective regions.
"The Indian government's decision to develop and open the Kartarpur Sahib corridor is historic," said Jasdip Singh, president of the Sikhs of America, during his meeting with the Minister of State for External Affairs of the Union, VK Singh.
A delegation of prominent Sikhs from America, led by Jasdip Singh, met Saturday with the minister here.
"From the first day of his accession to power, the Prime Minister not only sympathized with the concerns of the Sikh community, but also took steps to address all our concerns," he said.
Welcoming this decision, community leader Gurinder Singh Khalsa said it was only a start for the greater good of the region and humanity. .
"Incarnation of God, Guru Nanak has become a corridor between Hindus and Muslims, rich and poor, pandits and Dalits during the most troubled times. I firmly believe that, after 550 years, the Kartarpur (God's City) corridor will be, with the grace of the Almighty, a means to achieve lasting peace between the two countries, India and Pakistan, said Khalsa.
"This is a historic decision," said Adapa Prasad, vice president of Overseas Friends of BJP.
The decision regarding the construction of the Sikh Corridor could potentially trigger peace between India and Pakistan. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been a great friend of the Sikhs. It was one of our long-awaited decisions, "said Puneet Ahluwalia, a Republican leader from Virginia.
In a memorandum submitted to the visiting minister, the Sikhs of America organization urged the prime minister to bring to justice the perpetrators of the 1984 riots.
The memorandum also urged the Indian government to provide a visa to Sikhs from the United States who received political asylum.
Singh, who is currently on a trip to three US cities to open the Passport Seva projects in New York, Washington DC and Atlanta, was congratulated in Baltimore Gurdwara, Maryland, in recognition of some of the decisions made by the government. Indian Sikh community.
The local Sikh community of Maryland and Virginia representing Sikh Sewa presented a saropa to the minister at a reception organized later in the evening.
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