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Sidhu's photo with pro-Khalistani leader draws criticism from BJP

Sidhu's photo with pro-Khalistani leader draws criticism from BJP

| @indiablooms | 29 Nov 2018, 10:14 am

New Delhi, Nov 29 (IBNS) :Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has been in the centre of a controversy for his visit to Pakistan for the ground-breaking ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor and for heaping encomiums on akistani Prime Minister Imran Khan at the event, courted more criticism on Thursday after his photo with pro-Khalistan activist Gopal Singh Chawla came online. 

Chawla posted his photo with the Punjab minister on his Facebook page. 

Reacting sharply, the Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said, "Such malicious tactics on Pakistani soil can not be ignored."

Pakistan's army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa was also seen greeting Chawla warmly on the sidelines of the function on Wednesday.

The four-km corridor will provide a road from Gurdaspur in Punjab to Kartarpur near the Pakistan border, to enable Sikh pilgrims from India to visit the famous Gurdwara where Guru Nanak spent his final years.

Chawla, who heads the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, recently provoked anger in India when he stopped Indian officials from visiting a Gurudwara in Lahore to meet Sikh pilgrims from India.

He is also believed to be close to terrorist Hafiz Saeed and has also been photographed with him.

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