Navjot Singh Sidhu justifies hugging General Bajwa, says he felt love from Pakistan side

Amritsar | Monday | 20th August, 2018

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"Sidhu should have avoided indulging in such a gesture when Indian soldiers are getting killed every day on the border. Bajwa walked up to me and said he is a general who wanted to be a cricketer. All the three chiefs of Pakistan defence forces came to meet people sitting in front row. BJP gets ready to raise Sidhu’s visit to Pakistan in state assemblyCHANDIGARH/AMRITSAR: Strongly criticizing his senior minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for hugging the Pakistani army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa , Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday described it as "not a nice gesture" and said it was "completely avoidable".It was wrong of the Punjab minister to have shown affection towards Bajwa, Amarinder said. He was very warm and said he wanted peace," explained Sidhu after crossing the border.He added that Bajwa told him the Pakistan government would open the Dera Baba Nanak (Kartarpur) corridor on Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary..