Tarun Chugh, National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party praised the decision of the Central government to send a Sikh ‘jatha’ from India to visit the Janam Asthan Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan on the occasion of the 551st birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.

As per a statement, the jatha would visit Nankana Sahib from November 27 to December 1 as a part of Indo-Pak bilateral protocol on visits to religious shrines.

Chugh added, “In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, all health-related protocol will be strictly followed, and the size of the Jatha is, therefore, likely to be reduced. The Jatha would leave via Wagha border in Amritsar.” He further said that special efforts had been made by the GOI to ensure that Sikhs in India could regularly pay their respect at Gurdwaras in Pakistan.

Chugh also added that problems of Sikh and Hindu minorities in Pakistan had been taken up for redressal at the appropriate quarters. He also stated, “It is in deference to their religious sentiments that a special Jatha has been planned for the Sikh devotees on the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev ji.”  (ANI)