RELIGIOUS DEVOTION MUST BE RESPECTED, THERE SHOULD BE NO ROOM FOR PETTY POLITICS, SRI KARTARPUR SAHIB CORRIDOR SHOULD BE REOPENED SO THAT DEVOTEES CAN FULFIL THEIR SPIRITUAL ASPIRATIONS WITHOUT HINDRANCE, PUNJAB VIDHAN SABHA URGES CENTRE TO REOPEN SRI KARTARPUR SAHIB CORRIDOR & ENSURE REGULAR ACCESS FOR HASSLE-FREE DARSHAN BY SIKH SANGAT
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Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Tuesday strongly urged the Centre to reopen the Sri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor and ensure regular, hassle-free access for the Sikh Sangat to pay obeisance at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib. Emphasising that matters of faith must remain above political considerations, he said the spiritual aspirations of devotees must be respected and religious devotion should never become a casualty of petty politics. The Punjab Vidhan Sabha also urged the Centre to facilitate the reopening of the corridor, enabling devotees to fulfil their spiritual aspirations and undertake darshan without hindrance.
Addressing the house, CM Bhagwant Singh Mann said matters of faith should not become victims of narrow political considerations. “The spiritual aspirations of the people must be respected. There should be no room for petty politics when it comes to religious devotion. The Sri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor should be reopened so that devotees can fulfil their spiritual aspirations without hindrance,” he said.
Invoking Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s message of ‘Sarbat da Bhala’, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, moved by Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains, passed a resolution urging the Centre to reopen and regularise Sri Kartarpur Sahib corridor, asserting that the passage is a matter of religious freedom and human kinship for lakhs of Sikh Sangat, not merely a diplomatic road between India and Pakistan.
The resolution demanded that the Union government must take immediate steps to reopen the corridor and keep it operational, simplify visit procedures and engage with the Pakistan government to ensure safe, hassle-free and uninterrupted movement of Sangat to Gurdwara Sri Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan.
The restrictions and interruptions in movement through the corridor hurt the religious sentiments of the Sikh community worldwide and deprive devotees of darshan. The resolution urged the Centre to simplify procedures for devotees, especially the elderly and infirm, to enable maximum devotees to visit the holy shrine.
Meanwhile, MLA and Minister Harjot Bains stated, “Sri Kartarpur Sahib is the cradle of the principles of Kirat Karo, Naam Japo te Vand Chhako. The corridor is not just a passage, it is a bridge that reconnects the Sikh Sangat with the soil where our Guru Sahib walked.”
