Manmohan Singh agrees to visit Kartarpur for Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary: report – World

Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed to be part of the delegation of all the parties that Kartarpur will visit in Pakistan for the celebrations of the 550th anniversary of the birth of Baba Guru Nanak, NDTV reported Thursday.

According to the Indian publication, Raveen Thukral, an assistant to the Punjab Indian Prime Minister Amarinder Singh confirmed the development, which took place during a meeting between the two Indian leaders earlier in the day.

"Happy to meet former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh Hee at his residence today. I invited him to join us in the first Jatha to Sri Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara and attend the main event in Sultanpur Lodhi to mark the # 550thPrakashPurab of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, "the Indian Prime Minister of Punjab had tweeted.

But Amarinder clarified that the group, of which the former Indian Prime Minister will be part, will not go to the opening ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor.

"There is no doubt that I will go (to Pakistan for the opening of the Kartarpur corridor) and I feel that Dr. Manmohan Singh will not go so well," he said. NDTV.

The government has expressed its intention to invite the former Indian Prime Minister to the opening of the Kartarpur corridor, which will take place on November 9.

"It has been decided after consultations that we will invite former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the opening of the very important Kartarpur corridor," Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in a video statement issued on Monday to the media. .

It is not clear if a formal invitation has been sent yet.

The corridor, an initiative of the government of Pakistan, is being built to commemorate the 550th anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak in November. The corridor would provide access without Indian Sikhs visa to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur in Pakistan.

There is skepticism if Manmohan Singh will accept the Pakistani invitation. Skeptics remember that Dr. Singh, during his 10 years in the prime minister's office, did not visit Pakistan. In addition, Amarinder Singh, which belongs to Congress, rejected the invitation for the inauguration ceremony.