Khalistani separatist leader Gopal Chawla was also seen shaking hands with Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa during Kartarpur event.

The Kartarpur Corridor, which will facilitate the visa-free travel of Sikh pilgrims on both sides, is expected to be completed within six months.

The Kartarpur Corridor, which will facilitate the visa-free travel of Indian Sikh pilgrims to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, is expected to be completed within six months.

The Punjab chief minister, however, said that he acceded to Sidhu’s request for permission as he did not believe in stopping anyone from undertaking a “personal visit”.

“I feel that this corridor will be a bridge and erase enmity. It will increase people to people contact and bring peace. It is my belief that there are possibilities in it," Sidhu said.

Sidhu, who claimed to have paved way for Kartarpur Corridor clearance during his visit to attend Pak PM Imran Khan's oath taking ceremony, said, "Good deeds speak for themselves, the hand only interprets their eloquence."

Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the groundbreaking ceremony of the project on November 28.

Imran Khan will lay the foundation stone for the corridor on the Pakistani side whereas President Ram Nath Kovind and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh ill lay the foundation stone of Kartarpur Corridor at Dera Baba Nanak on November 26.

Sidhu expressed the hope that "this enterprise will yield undeniable and implicit change and thaw in the relations", adding "it will build bridges, burn animosity and will act like a soothing balm for two neighbouring countries.

Talking to reporters in Amritsar, Sidhu said, "The state government will give jobs to the eligible family members of those killed in the rail tragedy."

Sidhu also offered to take up the matter with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh for any help from the state government in this regard.

Nobody would have blamed Dr Navjot Kaur had she not uttered this lie. First, she reached the venue late, gave her speech, and as soon as the accident took place, she just vanished. 

The railways has said it was not informed by the organisers or the local administration that a Dussehra event was being organised near the tracks. It said Saturday the tragedy was a case of trespassing and ruled out any probe.

Defending his wife Navjot Kaur Sidhu, who was accused of leaving the accident site without bothering about the victims, the state culture minister said she was attending to patients at the hospital when allegations were being levelled against her.

Sidhu on Saturday had said he feels more comfortable in Pakistan than in South India.

After Mohammad Faisal’s statement, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) launched a scathing attack on Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and accused him of lying on this issue.

Kartarpur Sahib is the place where the founder of Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev breathed his last. It is located 4 km across the India-Pakistan border.

Before the Lok Sabha elections 2019, the Congress party is trying to corner the government over the Rafale issue.

Sitharaman said that when a person of Sidhu’s stature hugs chief of Pakistani army it demoralises people of the country.

Calling Sidhu an 'agent' of Pakistan, she said that the cricketer-turned-politician was being used as a puppet by the neighbouring country.