NEW DELHI – The Punjab Legislative Assembly in India passed a resolution onFriday, to swap the land with Pakistan in a bid to bring the KartarpurSahib Gurdwara, located on the Pakistani side, within the Indian territory.
The resolution was initially intended to praise the efforts of the Punjabgovernment and the BJP regime led by Narendra Modi for opening across-border corridor to facilitate Indian Sikh pilgrims.
However, Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal demanded that land swap withPakistan be made a part of the resolution which was accepted before theresolution was passed unanimously.
Moreover, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, member of assembly from Dera BabaNanak, suggested land from his constituency could be handed over toPakistan in the swap; the corridor is proposed to start from the same area.
The provincial assembly also urged the Centre to complete the work foropening the corridor before the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Devin November 2019.
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The chief minister said he hopes the corridor would become a “bridge ofpeace” and reiterated he would accompany the first ‘Jatha’ to Kartarpurnext year.
He also congratulated Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan for the corridordevelopment saying, people have high hopes from him.
