Ludhiana (Punjab): Congress MP Manish Tewari on Sunday hit out at Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu over his statement on trade with Pakistan and said it was "useless and futile" to hold any trade-related talks with Pakistan until the neighbouring country stopped its anti-India activities.
'Useless, futile', says Congress MP Manish Tewari after Navjot Sidhu calls for trade talks with Pak
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Manish Tewar, who is MP from Sri Anandpur Sahib, said, "Until Pakistan stops sending terrorists to India and dropping drugs and weapons in our areas via drones, it is useless and futile to hold any trade-related talks with Pakistan."
Congress MP Manish Tewari (left) and Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu Photo: Social media
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While addressing the media in Amritsar, Punjab, Navjot Singh Sidhu had said, "If our friendship is increased with Pakistan then our business will also be increased. I admire our former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's scheme when he started Aman Eman Bus Sewa from India to Pakistan."
The cricketer-turned-politician further asked that if the Karachi border is open, why they cannot open the Attari border for business.
Responding to the possible alliance of the BJP's with former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's Punjab Lok Congress, Manish Tewari said, "Captain has been a Congress leader for 20 years and has been the Chief Minister of Punjab for nine-and-a-half-year. Of course, the alliance will impact the politics in the state."
Navjot Singh Sidhu had recently said if the Karachi border is open, why they cannot open the Attari border for business. Photo: Social media
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Captain Amarinder Singh, last month, launched his new political party after quitting the Congress to fight the forthcoming Assembly elections in Punjab in 2022 and is hopeful of a tie-up with the BJP if the ongoing protest by farmer unions against three farm laws is resolved "in farmers' interest".
Manish Tiwari says until Pakistan stops sending terrorists to India, it is "useless and futile" to hold any trade-related talks with that country. Photo: Social media
In the 2017 Punjab Assembly polls, the Congress had won an absolute majority in the state by winning 77 seats. The Aam Aadmi Party had emerged as the second-largest party winning 20 seats in the 117-member Punjab Legislative Assembly.
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