Similar event occurred in 2021 when pictures of a Pakistani model within the Gurdwara complex with her head exposed caused a lot of backlash on social media
Channi said already several initiatives have been taken and others are in the pipeline.
Badal also urged the PM to take the diplomatic initiative for the creation of a “Permanent Peace Corridor” to link all multi-faith sacred shrines left in Pakistan with the Indo Pak border.
Earlier, the movement of people and commodities from Pakistan at the joint check post at Attari near Amritsar was suspended by the Indian government as a precautionary measure.
Singh will lead an all-party delegation to the PM to discuss the issue. He will also urge PM Modi to pressurize Pakistan to slash the $20 fee on Indian pilgrims.
Construction of the 4.2 km-long Kartarpur corridor is targeted to be completed by October 31, a week before the celebrations to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.
On November 22, last year, just a day before the 549th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the Union Cabinet decided to build and develop a corridor from Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur to the international border for Sikh pilgrims to visit Pakistan.
Pakistan had on Monday extended an invitation to former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh for the inauguration function of Kartarpur corridor on November 9.
The corridor will be the first visa-free corridor between the two neighbours since Independence.
As India-Pakistan ties nosedived once again after Centre scrapped Article 370 of the Constitution, it was speculated that the work on the corridor might get hindered.
