Those attacking Sidhu doing great disservice to peace: Imran

August 21, 2018 15:20

As the Bharatiya Janata Party attacked Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for hugging Pakistan Army chief at the oath-taking ceremony of Prime Minister Imran Khan,the latter has thanked the Punjab minister for visiting Pakistan.

"I want to thank Sidhu for coming to Pak for my oath taking. He was an ambassador of peace and was given amazing love and affection by people of Pak. Those in India who targeted him are doing a great disservice to peace in the subcontinent -- without peace our people can't progress," Khan said.

'To move forward Pakistan and India must dialogue and resolve their conflicts incl Kashmir: The best way to alleviate poverty and uplift the people of the subcontinent is to resolve our differences through dialogue and start trading,' Khan tweeted.

The BJP, meanwhile, attacked Sidhu on Tuesday for saying that his visit to Pakistan was not 'political' but just on a 'warm invitation from a friend'.

"It's sad that Navjot Sidhu has somewhat tried to implicate India in all this by saying Indians have small hearts.

"We condemn this. We want an answer on this not from Sidhu ji but from Rahul ji. Is Rahul ji trying to run a parallel government?" BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said. -- ANI

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