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| July 3, 2010 | Sikhs seek Indian permission for corridor to Gurdwara across Pak border | |
Kartarpur (Punjab):The Sikhs organised an 'ardaas' (prayer meeting)
here to pray for a safe corridor to the sacred Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan. They said Pakistan has offered to set up a corridor for Sikh pilgrims to visit the sacred Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, which lies only three kilometres from the international border in Punjab, and the Indian Govternment has yet to agree. "I am
very grateful to the government
of Pakistan, on behalf of the Punjab Government they have announced that they
are ready to erect a corridor. Pakistan will provide a safe passage to Pakistan
if the Indian Government wants," said Minister for Information & Public Relations
Sewa Singh Sekhwan. "If the Central Government wants, Pakistan will provide a
passage to Kartarpur Sahib. On behalf of the Punjab Government, I appeal the Centre
to accept this offer. We should accept the gesture with the same feeling," he
added. The Sikh community has been demanding the establishment of a passport and
visa-free passage between Dera Baba Nanak on the Indian side and Gurdwara Kartarpur
Sahib shrine located about three kilometres across the border. "We request the
Governments of India and Pakistan that we should be allowed to go there and visit
the place. We feel very bad that we see it but cannot go there and touch it. We
should be given a passage as soon as possible so that we can go there and take
the blessings of our guru," said Rajinder Singh, a devotee. According to Sikh
history, Guru Nanak, the first spiritual leader of the community, spent 17 years
at the site where Gurdwara Kartarpur is situated.
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