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The visas of 98 of these pilgrims, who were allowed to stay in the country for only five days, were given a 15-day extension. “Our government took this step,” he said.On the other hand,Verka claimed that Amarinder was monitoring the visa cases of the pilgrims from the start. The reason: A group of 143 Hindu pilgrims from Pakistan, who arrived in India on February 12, with a visa to only visit Amritsar, were allowed to go to Haridwar and New Delhi too.That was not all. The remaining 45 pilgrims had a 15-day visa, but were only allowed to visit Amritsar.Kavita said they got the news just few hours before they were to leave for their homeland. Mukesh Rana , who is leading the pilgrims, broke the news past midnight..