Sidhu uploaded over an hour-long video, comprising several clippings of his visits to various places in Pakistan, including Islamabad, Lahore and Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur itself.
The Kartarpur Corridor links Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan, the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district.
According to sources, CM Charanjit Singh Channi along with close cabinet colleagues and their families went to Kartarpur after reopening on November 17 but did not include Navjot Singh Sindhu in the list of 50 people given to MHA.
Interestingly, Pakistan is highlighting Sidhu's role in the Kartarpur corridor issue at a time when the Indian government has decided to reopen the corridor.
The corridor was shut in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening of Kartarpur will assist thousands of devotees, largely Sikhs, to visit the final resting place of Guru Nanak in Pakistan.
The Kartarpur Corridor with Pakistan will reopen from November 17, just two days ahead of Gurupurab, the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Union Home Minister Amit Shah posted on Twitter.
The Kartarpur corridor provides a visa-free border crossing for pilgrims from India visiting the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan.
The 4km-long Kartarpur Corridor provides visa-free access to Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib. Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev lived and died at this gurdwara at the start of the 16th century.
The decision to open Kartarpur shrine was taken by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Saturday due to the approaching death anniversary of Sikhism founder Baba Guru Nanak Dev on September 22.
Amid strong protest by India over Pakistan's decision to transfer the management of the Kartarpur Sahib gurudwara from the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) to a separate trust, a top Pakistani official said on Thursday that the Sikh body will be part of it.
Pakistan on Saturday decided to reopen the Kartarpur Corridor for Sikh pilgrims on Monday on the occasion of the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the 19th century leader of the Sikh empire.
A day after eight dooms of Pakistan's Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara collapsed in a thunderstorm, the Indian government stated that New Delhi has conveyed to Islamabad that the damage to the structures in the gurudwara has caused "great consternation" among the Sikh community.
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday issued a statement that the amid the rising number of cases, the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor will be temporarily suspended from 12 am, March 16.
The opposition SAD and AAP on Saturday slammed Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta's for his purported statement on the Kartarpur corridor and sought clarification from Chief Minister Amarinder Singh within 24 hours.
In a filmy-style act, an Indian Sikh woman visiting the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan's Kartarpur tried to go to Faisalabad city of Punjab province without a visa to meet a Pakistani man she befriended on Facebook, officials said on Tuesday.
Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Badal on Sunday slammed Sheikh Rashid for his provocative statement, saying that the Kartarpur Corridor is deeply connected to the Sikh faith but no Sikh will shy away if there is a misadventure by Pakistan.
Singh expressed serious concern over this admission by Pakistan's Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid and said in validating his stand on the issue, Rashid had completely bared the wicked design of Pakistan behind the Corridor, which India had hoped would emerge as a bridge of peace between the countries.
The opening of the historic Kartarpur corridor was the brainchild of Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and it will hurt India for ever, a top pakistani minister claimed on Saturday, contradicted his government's assertion that the idea behind the initiative was of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The number of devotees to the historic Kartarpur shrine—the final resting place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak-- had not crossed the 700-mark per day even since the corridor was opened. Immigration officials expected further increase in the number as people were getting aware about the online process of registration.
Keeping in view the inconvenience faced by pilgrims, the Punjab Government has started a bus service from Dera Baba Nanak to the entry point of the Kartarpur corridor.
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