ISLAMABAD: The Khalistan Movement and Sikh’s struggle for separate homelandhas unnerved the Indian government badly.
New Delhi official sources claimed that India will take up the question ofSikh’s conduct in availing Kartarpur Corridor and promoting case of theirseparate homeland when the two countries will enter into dialogue today(Thursday) at Attari.
The sources hinted that New Delhi will ask Pakistan to insulate Sikhpilgrims visiting the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib through the KartarpurCorridor from Khalistan separatist propaganda.
Pakistan has already discarded the impression and it is expected thatPakistan’s delegation leader for Attari talks Dr. Muhammad Fasial Chaudharywouldn’t entertain Indian position and impress upon his Indianinterlocutors to refrain from politicking the occasion since Pakistandoesn’t want to harm the reverence of the event.
According to Indian media reports India will raise the issue during thefirst meeting with Pakistan to finalise the modalities for the KartarpurCorridor on Thursday. The meeting will take place on the Indian side of theAttari-Wagah border, they said. Last year in November, India had lodged a
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strong protest with Pakistan over the alleged harassment of Indian HighCommission officials in Islamabad and the denial of access to Indian Sikhpilgrims visiting the country.
India had also expressed “grave concern” over reports of attempts duringthe pilgrims’ visit to “incite” communal disharmony and “promotesecessionist tendencies” with an aim to undermine India’s sovereignty andterritorial integrity.
