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Punjab Passes Resolution on Kartarpur Seeking Land Swap with Pak

The Punjab government is set to offer 11,000 acres of land on the banks of river Ravi in exchange.

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The Punjab legislative assembly on Friday passed a unanimous resolution that sought to swap land with Pakistan to bring Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib into Indian territory. The Punjab government is set to offer 11,000 acres of land on the banks of river Ravi in exchange, and will take up the demand with the central government, according to The Print.

The report further states that the MLA from Dera Baba Nanak, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, has offered land from his constituency for the same. Dera Baba Nanak is the place from where the Kartarpur Corridor will be constructed.

While the resolution was initially aimed at praising the efforts of the Punjab government and the Centre for opening a cross-border passage to facilitate Indian Sikh pilgrims in visiting the gurudwara, Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, during a discussion on the resolution in the House, demanded that land swap with Pakistan be made a part of the resolution.

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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh appreciated the efforts of the Indian government in the opening of the Corridor. He, however, warned political parties in the state to be wary of the "ulterior motives" of the Pakistan Army, slamming it for raising questions on its intentions to open the Kartarpur Corridor between the two countries and for trying to revive terrorism in the border state.

Participating in a discussion in Punjab Assembly on a resolution on the corridor, Singh said,

“Do you really think that the Pakistan Army is our sympathiser when it is continuously killing our soldiers at the border with the ultimate aim of destabilising the border state?”

Singh had refused to visit Pakistan for the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor across the border on 28 November, citing terrorist attacks by Pakistan-backed terrorists in India and killing of Indian soldiers on the Kashmir border.

He, however, said he hopes the corridor would become a "bridge of peace" in the times to come and reiterated that he accompany the first 'Jatha' to Kartarpur gurdwara.

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No Negativity on Kartarpur Corridor

Though Congress leaders shared Singh's concern about Pakistan Army's designs to revive militancy in Punjab, Opposition leaders said there should be no "negativity" on the Kartarpur corridor issue.

“It is a historic resolution and we unanimously support it. But there should not be any negativity. Terrorists do not have religion and they only follow their mission. It is the government of India which will ensure foolproof security.”
SAD chief Badal

Akali leader Gurpartap Singh Wadala said there should be no room for scepticism on the issue. AAP MLA Kultar Singh Sandhwan praised Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for pushing for the opening of the corridor.

(With inputs from PTI, The Print)

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