Dera Baba Nanak, May 2: The parliamentary standing committee on external affairs has ruled out the construction of a corridor linking India with the historical Kartarpur Sahib shrine in Pakistan.
Committee chairman Shashi Tharoor, a former Minister of State for External Affairs, said the current circumstances were not conducive for building the passage.
“We have been flooded with requests to establish such a link, which will boost religious tourism in the area. However, at a time when Pakistani agencies are beheading Indian soldiers, we can’t even think of such an initiative,” he said.
The committee, comprising seven MPs, visited Dera Baba Nanak, from where the gurdwara is visible. The delegation was here at the invitation of Amritsar MP Gurjit Singh Aujla and Dera Baba Nanak MLA Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa.
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