Indian cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu has confirmed that he has been invited to attend the Katarpur groundbreaking ceremony by Prime Minister Imran Khan on November 28.
The Indian government on Thursday accepted Pakistan’s proposal to build the Kartarpur corridor to facilitate Sikh pilgrims wishing to visit the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Narowal district near the Indian border.
Talking to Indian Express, Sidhu said: “I got a call from Pakistan Prime Minister’s office on Friday. It was the same person who had called me when I was invited to the swearing-in ceremony.”
Sidhu said he intends to go. “I will go if the Government of India allows me to go. It will be a great honour to be a part of history. There will not be a happier moment than the time when my turban touches the ground where Guru Nanak Dev once walked. It was an unfulfilled wish of my parents.”
On whether he would attend the foundation stone-laying ceremony on this side of the border on November 26, Sidhu said, “I will certainly go if I am invited.”
The Gurdwara Kartarpur Darbar Sahib in Narowal, Pakistan holds a religious importance for the Sikh community. In this Gurdwara, Baba Guru Nanak settled down after his travels as a missionary. He lived here for 18 years until his death in 1539.
