Punjab BJP leaders meet PM Narendra Modi, request him to reopen Kartarpur Corridor
Ahead of the Assembly elections 2022, Punjab BJP leaders on Sunday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital and requested him to reopen Kartarpur Corridor.
As per the party sources, a delegation of BJP leaders from Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, and Delhi met PM Narendra Modi and requested to reopen Kartarpur Corridor. They also submitted a memorandum to him.
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Many important issues like farmers' protests, upcoming Punjab Assembly elections 2022, and Kartarpur Corridor were to be discussed in the meeting.
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Earlier on November 7, Ashwani Sharma had said that the party will contest all 117 seats in Punjab in the upcoming Assembly elections.
Punjab is slated to go to the Assembly elections in 2022.
Earlier, former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to open the Kartarpur corridor as the Covid-19 situation has improved.
"Sikhs have been patiently waiting for the opening of the corridor once again. Gurpurab is a few days away and the corridor should be opened before that," Harsimrat Kaur Badal had said.
The corridor was inaugurated on November 9, 2019, to commemorate the 550th Parkash Gurpurb of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. Earlier in August, Pakistan has lifted travel restrictions from 11 countries including India.
-PTC News
