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

  • | Monday | 20th August, 2018

"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.

BJP gets ready to raise Sidhu’s visit to Pakistan in state assembly CHANDIGARH/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. "Sidhu should have avoided indulging in such a gesture when Indian soldiers are getting killed every day on the border. After all, it is the army chief who gives the orders to kill, with the soldiers merely following the same," the chief minister said on the sidelines of a photograph exhibition in Chandigarh.The Pakistan army chief is responsible for the deaths of our soldiers and Sidhu should not have shown such niceties towards him, Amarinder added.Sidhu, on return to India, justified the hug. "He came up to me. First thing, he is a Jat like the Cheemas Sidhus . All the three chiefs of Pakistan defence forces came to meet people sitting in front row. Bajwa walked up to me and said he is a general who wanted to be a cricketer. 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. “When someone takes names of Baba Nanak, then he has offered you everything,” he said.“I pray for the people who criticized me, but I felt too much of love and affection from Pakistan side,” said Sidhu, who faced a group of protesters with black flags near border. “Why should we not oppose Sidhu who had embraced the man who is responsible of beheading our soldiers,” said the convener of Pagri Sambhal Jattan organization who was protesting along with volunteers at Attari with black flags and placards.BJP MLA Som Parkash from Phagwara said his party would raise the issue of Sidhu’s Pakistan visit during the legislative assembly session next week.Amarinder, however, dismissed the demand for Sidhu’s resignation as “not important,” adding that he had gone for Imran Khan’s swearing-in ceremony in his personal capacity. As for Sidhu sitting next to the PoK president, Amarinder said the minister possibly did not know who he was, and, in any case, the sitting arrangement was not in his hands.Praising Imran, Sidhu said he will not make compromises, “the collapse of a man’s character stems from compromises. He (Imran) has clarity of thought, he listens to everyone but will do what he thinks is in the right perspective and we should give him some time to make and implement policies”.

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