*New Delhi: *
Actor-politician Sunny Deol will be part of the inaugural processionvisiting Pakistan to attend the opening of the Kartarpur corridor, thePunjab Chief Minister’s office was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Apart from Mr Deol, the first group of Sikh pilgrims includes former PrimeMinister Manmohan Singhlink,Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Union Ministers Hardeep Puri andHarsimrat Kaur Badal. Congress MLA Navjot Singh Sidhulinkwasalso given political clearance to visit the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib by theforeign ministry on Thursday.
India had sent a list of the 550-member jatha or delegation attending theNovember 9 event in Kartarpur, and presumes it stands confirmed byPakistan, the ministry said.
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Sunny Deol, who was the BJP’s star candidate in Punjab during the nationalelection, had prayed at the Gurdaspur Gurdwara before starting his pollcampaign.
