USA, Canada NRI-Sikhs Thank PM Modi, on #Kartarpur

Seattle WA

16 November, 2021

11:45 AM

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Seattle Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday announces that Centre has decided to reopen the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor from Wednesday, November 17. He said that the decision reflects the immense reverence of Modi government towards Guru Nanak. “In a major decision, that will benefit large numbers of Sikh pilgrims, PM @Narendramodi govt has decided to re-open the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor from tomorrow, Nov 17. This decision reflects the immense reverence of Modi govt towards Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji and our Sikh community, he tweeted. Former CM Captain Amarinder Singh and his party rival Navjot Singh Sidhu thanked PM Modi on “timely opening" of the corridor “on the occasion of Guru Purab of Guru Nanak Dev Ji". CM Charanjit Singh Channi also welcomed the decision. “I warmly welcome the decision to reopen the Sri Kartapur Sahib Corridor on the auspicious occasion of 552nd Parkash Purb of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. This laudatory step has fulfilled aspirations of millions of devotees who’ve been deprived of ‘Darshan Didare’ due to Covid pandemic," he tweeted. " NRI's Dr Rajwant Singh, Sunny Sodhi, Dr. Amarjit Marwah, Simmi Nijjar from USA, Canada thank both Prime Minister Narender Modi and PM Imran Khan, to boost Friendship efforts between India and Pakistan, thru Kartarpur Corridor" Let Nanak guide India-Pakistan,  through Non-Violence, said Nagendra Prasad. “The festival is on November 19 and the followers of Guru Nanak must be allowed to travel to his birthplace in Pakistan. The corridor was opened on November 9, 2019, at the collective  India, Punjab, New Delhi NRI-Sikh's initiative. The historic gurdwara is a mere 4.7 kilometres from the Indian border and should have been negotiated to be part of the Indian territory during Partition in 1947," Said Vikram Bajwa, of Indus Canada Foundation