ISLAMABAD: Many renowned Indian politicians and other Sikh Yatris are visiting Kartarpur today to participate in the birthday celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak.
Chief Minister of Indian Punjab is among the Sikh Yaris who are visiting Kartarpur in Pakistan today (Nov 18).
Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesperson announced this today, a day before Gurpurab, a ritual which marks the birth anniversary of founder of Sikhism Baba Guru Nanak.
Sidhu’s media adviser, Surinder Dalla, said the Punjab Congress president will visit Kartarpur Corridor to pay obeisance on November 20. The Kartarpur Corridor, which links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district, reopened on Wednesday.
Pilgrimage to the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indian Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi, along with his ministers, will be part of the first delegation to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, as per Indian media reports.
An FO spokesperson had earlier said Indian Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Om Prakash Soni, along with Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu will also visit Pakistan.
Rajasthan Cabinet Minister Harish Chaudhry and eight members of the Indian Punjab Legislative Assembly will also be part of the delegation, the FO spokesperson’s statement had said.
