Navjot Sidhu’s  counter on visiting Pakistan, hugging their army chief

Giving detailed reply to the strident criticism he has faced after his return from Pakistan, Navjot Singh Sidhu got his point across with the general public on Tuesday, 21.8.2018.

“No one questions the Prime Minister”

Sidhu reiterared that his visit to Pakistan was “not about politics” but a result of a warm invite from an old friend, former Pakistan cricket captain, Imran Khan.

He also recalled that former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had travelled on the bus to Lahore and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made an unscheduled trip to Lahore in 2015, in which he had warmly hugged the then PM, Nawaz Sharif. He countered saying that no one questions the Prime Minister.

Sidhu also defended the embrace he shared with Pakistani army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa, saying it was an “emotional” response when the latter promised to throw open corridor from India’s Dera Baba Nanak to the historic Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib.