Prime Minister Narendra on Tuesday once again launched a scathing attack on Congress party and said that Kartarpur went to Pakistan due to lack of vision, sensitivity of then grand-old-party leaders.
Prime Minister Narendra on Tuesday once again launched a scathing attack on Congress party and said that Kartarpur went to Pakistan due to lack of vision, sensitivity of then grand-old-party leaders.
The Prime Minister made the remarks while addressing a rally in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh.
"Then Congress leaders had no idea the out importance of Guru Nanak Dev, therefore Kartarpur in Pakistan today. Holy work of Kartarpur corridor came to me, Congress will have to answer why this was not done in last 70 years," said Modi.
Modi also added that credit of Kartarpur corridor goes to voters and correcting Congress mistakes was his destiny.
The Prime Minister also spoke about the corruption and said that headlines five years ago were about corruption scams. "Have you seen any news of this kind in the last five years," he said.
Last week, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan laid the foundation stone for the Kartarpur corridor. Union ministers Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Hardeep Singh Puri represented India during the ceremony. Congress leader and Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu was also present.
On November 26, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh laid the foundation stone for the Kartarpur Sahib corridor in Gurdaspur.
The corridor will connect Sikh faith's founder Guru Nanak Dev's final resting place in Pakistan's Kartarpur to the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Punjab's Gurdaspur district in India, fulfilling a long-pending demand of the Sikh community.
The much-awaited corridor will connect Darbar Sahib in Pakistan's Kartarpur - the final resting place of Sikh faith's founder Guru Nanak Dev - with Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India's Gurdaspur district and facilitate visa-free movement of Indian Sikh pilgrims, who will have to just obtain a permit to visit Kartarpur Sahib, which was established in 1522 by Guru Nanak Dev.
The corridor is expected to be completed within six months.
Two days ago, attempting to do some damage control, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said Monday that the Kartarpur corridor's opening was not a googly but a straight-forward decision, contradicting his Foreign Minister's remarks that led to a war of words with his Indian counterpart.
On Thursday, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Prime Minister Khan bowled a "googly" to ensure Indian government's presence at the groundbreaking ceremony of the landmark Kartarpur Corridor.
Qureshi's controversial comments drew sharp criticism from India with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj saying his comments "exposed" him and that Pakistan has "no respect for Sikh sentiments".
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