[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is scheduled to lay the foundation stone in Kartarpur Sahib for the corridor linking Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, the final resting place of Guru Nanak Dev, with Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur, on November 28. Two Union ministers Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Hardeep Singh Puri, too, will attend the ceremony in Narowal, around 120 km from Lahore. Navjot Singh Sidhu has already reached Pakistan to be part of the grand ceremony.<\/p>\n
But the main question on everyone\u2019s mind is\u2014will this move by Khan prove beneficial for India? Some politicians have also raised questions over Sidhu\u2019s visit to Pakistan.<\/p>\n
To get the answers to these questions, APN, in its popular debate show, Mudda, hosted a discussion among external affairs specialist Dr Shuvra Kamal Dutta, Colonel Danveer Singh (retired), BJP leader Dinesh Singh, Rajendra Singh Baggha (Lucknow Gurudwara Committee chairman), Shiromani Akali Dal national spokesperson Parminder Pal Singh and journalist Govind Pant Raju, anchored by Anant Tyagi.<\/p>\n
Starting the discussion with Dinesh Singh, Anant asked him how BJP has taken it. Singh responded, \u201cThe BJP appreciates this decision of Imran Khan and wishes for the betterment of India\u2019s relationship with Pakistan. This is going to be a special gift to the Sikh community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moving on to Parminder Pal Singh, Anant enquired about his party\u2019s opinion about the issue. Was SAD willing to take the credit of this outcome? \u201cWe praise this initiative of the Pakistan government and also hope that the decision may improve the relationship between India and Pakistan. As far as credit is concerned, it is known to everybody how the Akali Dal worked to get the Kartarpur corridor cleared,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs it right to give credit to Shiromani Akali Dal for Kartarpur corridor clearance?\u2019 Tyagi asked of Raju. Raju replied, \u201cNot exactly, but the way the Congress behaved on this issue was equally shameful, as it\u2019s a matter of two countries and their relationship with each other. At such a moment it\u2019s somehow in bad taste to discuss internal issues.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Baggha was asked to react to the issue, he said, \u201cIt\u2019s a gift to the people of the Sikh community.\u201d Regarding Pakistan\u2019s intentions, he said he was not completely sure they were harmless.<\/p>\n
Then after, Anant asked Colonel Danveer Singh what he feels about this and how he takes it as a security point of view? To which he replied \u201cAs it is understood from the Kartarpur Corridor clearance that now the Indian Sikh Pilgrims can travel to Gurudwara darbar Shahib without any visa but it this doesn\u2019t guarantee any security and it is still suspicious about the Pakistan\u2019s agenda behind this. Kartarpur Corridor clearance doesn\u2019t means that Pakistan has started loving Sikhs but they are doing it for a hidden agenda and nobody knows it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dutt then narrated a mythological story and concluded that \u201cPakistan is being Janus-faced and is trying to win the trust of India\u201d by dint of this corridor. \u201cThe Punjab CM has taken a good initiative by accepting Imran\u2019s invitation to the Kartarpur corridor ceremony and sending two Union Ministers Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Hardeep Singh Puri to Pakistan to attend it. But India needs to be careful later on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Raju said, \u201cSidhu\u2019s behaviour is unpleasant. Before heading to Pakistan, he said he will meet Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh but didn\u2019t do so. The Punjab CM has said that it\u2019s Sidhu\u2019s personal visit and he will not comment.\u201d<\/p>\n
It has come to public knowledge that party leaders are not happy with Sidhu\u2019s frequent visits to Pakistan. It is also clear that India will have to tread carefully in the future.<\/p>\n
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