NEW DELHI Navjot Singh Sidhu, cricketer-turned politician, warned theIndian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday that if theauthorities do not respond to his third letter, he will “proceed toPakistan as millions of Sikh devotees go on eligible visa”.
According to India Today, the former minister had repeatedly sent remindersbut MEA has failed to revert back or to cater his request to attend theKartarpur Corridor inauguration which is scheduled on November’9.
The former cricket star’s third letter comes two days before the inauguralceremony of the Kartarpur corridor.
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“The delay and no response is a hindrance to my future course of action. Icategorically state that if the government has any inhibitions and says no,then as a law abiding citizen, I will not go,” read the letter.
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“But if you don’t respond to my third letter, then I will proceed toPakistan as millions of Sikh devotees go on eligible Visa,” it added.
However, while pertaining to a question during a press conference at NewDelhi, External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar refused to share detailson the matter.
“He can do whatever he wants. I have already said that this is a bigoccasion, and we cannot focus on an individual traveller’s plans to go toKartarpur. I would not like to comment on that in this forum,” Kumar said.
