NEW DEHLI: Indian politician, television personality and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday shared pictures of letters he wrote to Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi as the 55th birth anniversary of Baba Nanak draws close.
In his letters, Sidhu warned against any disfiguring of the historic Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara on the Pakistani side and Dera Baba Nanak Gurdwara on the Indian side in the name of “commercialisation” and “tourist comforts”.
Prepare and prevent… don’t repair and repent pic.twitter.com/Be98MXMCMi
— Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sherryontopp) January 20, 2019
“The sacredness and serenity of Kartarpur Sahib and Dera Baba Nanak Gurdwara Sahib await the footfalls of our pilgrims. Yet precisely our footfalls have the power to erode the history, architecture and ecology of these sites,” wrote Sidhu.
“We must move primarily on foot with an exception only for the elderly, disabled or sick, along with providing accessible amenities such as toilets. Personal transport should be eschewed at all costs,” he suggested.
“Waste disposal should be carefully planned and executed. Garbage from the use of plastic bags, bottles and packaged foods has no place. We can kindly turn away any form of ‘shopping complex’ that sells fast food or utilises plastic wares. We can welcome folk art and the music of rabbis and folklorists to perform around the area,” he added.
