NEW DLHI - Punjab minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has hit back at the criticism from the Punjab Chief Minister over Pakistan visit.
He on Friday gave a clarification on his recent visit to Pakistan even after Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh had objected to his visit. Sidhu had on Wednesday visited Pakistan for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor.
In a statement to news agency ANI, Sidhu reiterated that he had to go to Pakistan as he had already promised them and said he had informed the Punjab chief minister. He also pointed out that the central leadership and atleast 20 Congress leaders had asked him to go to Pakistan.
"Atleast 20 Congress leaders asked me to go, Central leadership asked me to go.
Amarinder Singh had declined the invite sent to him for the event by Pakistan and maintained that Sidhu had gone to Pakistan in a personal capacity. According to some media reports, he had even advised Sidhu to re-think his plans of attending the event.