Gurdaspur (Punjab) [India], November 16 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi lauded the decision of the Centre to re-open the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor from Wednesday. “It’s a happy moment that Kartarpur Corridor is reopening and prayers of Sikh community being answered. I had met PM, HM as CM and had requested them. Now they’ve announced, I thank them. Punjab cabinet will be part of the first jatha for paying obeisance on November 18,” Channi said.
“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 the aspirations of millions of devotees who’ve been deprived of ‘Darshan Didare’ due to the COVID pandemic,” said Channi in a tweet.
Channi had also announced that the entire Punjab Cabinet will pay obeisance at Sri Kartarpur Sahib on November 18 as a part of the first delegation after reopening of Kartarpur corridor, said a press release from Chief Minister Office on Tuesday.
The nation is all set to celebrate the Prakash Utsav of Guru Nanak Dev on November 19. The reopening of Kartarpur will assist thousands of devotees, largely Sikhs, to visit the final resting place of Guru Nanak in Pakistan. The corridor was shut in wake of the COVID pandemic. The visa-free 4.7-kilometre long corridor joins the Indian border to Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan. It became operational in 2019 and was inaugurated by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Nadda thanks PM Modi for decision to reopen Kartarpur Sahib Corridor
Bharatiya Janata Party National President Jagat Prakash Nadda on Tuesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the decision to re-open Kartarpur Sahib Corridor from Wednesday.
“I thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji for the decision to re-open the corridor for Shri Kartarpur Sahib, the holy place of Guru Nanak Devji,” he said in a tweet.
Nadda said with this decision, Sikhs in every part of the world and devotees of Guru Nanak will be able to celebrate Prakash Parv with full devotion and enthusiasm.
Home Minister Amit Shah had earlier said that the government has decided to re-open the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor from November 17.
He said the decision reflects the immense reverence of PM Modi-led government towards Guru Nanak Dev and the Sikh community.
The movement of pilgrims through the Kartarpur corridor was suspended in March last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The corridor connects the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan to India. (ANI)
Shergill hails reopening of Kartarpur corridor, says prayers of Guru Nanak’s followers answered
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): Congress leader Jaiveer Shergill has welcomed the Centre’s decision to reopen the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor from Wednesday and said that the prayers and wishes of Guru Nanak Dev’s followers have been answered.
“It is a welcome decision by the central government. The prayers and wishes of all the followers of Baba Nanak have been answered,” the Congress leader told ANI today.
“On this occasion, we hope that the message of Baba Nanak of peace, harmony and brotherhood gets stronger and is spread to each and every household,” he added.
The corridor was shut in wake of the COVID pandemic. The visa-free 4.7-kilometre long corridor joins the Indian border to Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan and was inaugurated in 2019. (ANI)
