Kartarpur corridor an atonement of Partition, says Modi

THE PM RELEASES ₹350 COMMEMORATIVE SILVER COIN TO MARK THE 350TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF GURU GOBIND SINGH

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked the previous Congress government for its inability to bring Kartarpur Sabib under India during partition. Releasing a commemorative coin as part of the 350th birth anniversary celebrations of 10th Sikh guru Guru Gobind Singh, Modi also came down heavily on the Congress for the 1984 riots that took place following the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Referring to the Kartapur Sahib corridor, he said now devotees do not have to look at the shrine in Pakistan using binoculars and they could visit the place without visa using the corridor.

“A mistake took place in August, 1947. It [Kartarpur corridor] is an atonement of the mistake. An important place of our guru was only a few kilometers away. But it could not be made part (of India during partition)...the corridor is an effort to reduce the damage,” he said in a veiled attack on the then Congress government.

Guru Nanak passed away in Kartarpur on September 22, 1539.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, former chief justice of India J S Khehar and s everal Sikh l eaders were present at the Prime Minister’s residence to participate in the event. Modi said be it Guru Nanak or Guru Gobind Singh, they have taught us to be on the side of justice.