Facing flak for hugging Pakistan's Army chief at the swearing-in of Imran Khan as the neighbouring country's prime minister, Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu defended his action asking what was he supposed to do if someone says we belong to the same culture and talks of opening the route to the historic Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib.
Sidhu, who returned from Pakistan via the Wagah-Attari border today, was the only Indian who attended Khan's swearing-in ceremony at Islamabad yesterday. He was seen sitting next to PoK chief Masood Khan and hugging Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
Asked about hugging Bajwa, Sidhu told reporters here that "if someone (Pak army chief) comes to me and says that we belong to the same culture and we'll open the route to Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib (in Pakistan) on first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev's 550th birth anniversary, what else I could do?"
Disclaimer: No Business Standard Journalist was involved in creation of this content