Sidhu, a Congress lawmaker and former Punjab minister, has sought permission from the External Affairs Ministry to attend the inaugural ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor in Pakistan on November 9.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has tweeted that passport will not be required, but according to the agreement, passport will be needed
The Kartarpur Corridor will connect the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India's Punjab with Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur
The agreement will allow 5,000 Indian pilgrims daily to visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib where Guru Nanak spent last 18 years of his life.
India on Tuesday shared with Pakistan the list of 575 people. Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and MPs and MLAs from Punjab will also be part of the group, says report
It also exempted them from paying a $20 fee, levied on Indian Sikh pilgrims
On Monday morning, the procession was sent off by several dignitaries, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
India and Pakistan last week signed the agreement on the Kartarpur Corridor that will allow Indian pilgrims to undertake visa-free visit to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib
The agreement signing ceremony took place at the Kartarpur Zero Point at the Pakistan-India border in Narowal
India would be ready to amend the agreement accordingly at any time
The proposed corridor will connect Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur with Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district of Punjab
The corridor will connect Kartarpur Sahib with Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district of Punjab
Sources in the Congress said it was strange that the Pakistan foreign minister made a statement on this when such an invite should be routed through the ministry of external affairs
Pakistan is scheduled to open the Kartarpur corridor for Indian Sikh pilgrims on November 9
The corridor will be the first visa-free corridor between the two neighbours since Independence
Khan said the government will provide Sikh pilgrims maximum possible facilities during their pilgrimage to the holy sites in Pakistan
Pakistan and India are still discussing the modalities regarding opening of the corridor at Narowal, some 125-km from Lahore, on the occasion of 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak in November
The meeting at the Zero point, where the Indian and Pakistani side of the proposed corridor converge, was attended by 10 to 15 officials from each side
The meeting at the Zero point, where the Indian and Pakistani side of the proposed corridor converge, was attended by 15 officials from each side
The Kartarpur corridor will connect Darbar Sahib in Pakistan's Kartarpur with Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district and facilitate visa-free movement of Indian Sikh pilgrims