'Conduct in Pakistan not appreciated', says Sushma Swaraj to Navjot Sidhu
'Conduct in Pakistan not appreciated', says Sushma Swaraj to Navjot Sidhu
External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has reprimanded Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for his “conduct” in Pakistan and politicising the Kartarpur corridor issue.
Swaraj met Sidhu on Monday. Swaraj during her meeting Congress minister, conveyed to him that his conduct in Pakistan was not appreciated.
Sidhu drew flak for hugging Pakistan army chief and for his statements on the Sikh pilgrimage issue. Sidhu was the only Indian politician who had attended Imran Khan’s swearing-in as Prime Minister.
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Swaraj pointed out that his statements on Sikh pilgrimage and the Kartarpur corridor “unnecessarily politicised” an important issue that had to be handled carefully.
Sidhu had claimed that Pakistan had allowed direct access to Sikh pilgrims to the historic Kartarpur sahib gurudwara across the border on the occasion of Guru Nanak Dev’s 550th birth anniversary.
-PTC News
