At the time when his Chief Minister was training guns at Pakistan for its “nefarious designs” by opening Kartarpur Corridor, Punjab Cabinet Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Sunday supported trade via Wagah IndoPak border for uplifting the State of Punjab economically.
Maintaining that the opening of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor has paved way for the progress of both East and West Punjab, Ramdhwa said that the ideology of Guru Nanak Dev, based on peace, would be propagated further with the opening of the corridor.
“If the trade route of Wagah is opened on both sides, it can transform the lives of the farming community of both Punjabs,” he said adding that being a resident of the border state, he was fully aware of the atrocities of partition and war.
Randhawa, the state’s Cooperation and Jails Minister, was speaking during the state level conference at Guru Nanak Dev hall of Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna Bhawan in Sector 29, organized by All India Peace and Unity Institution.
He said that the conference, on the eve of the martyrdom day of the Sikhs’ ninth master, Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib, was a true homage to Guru Sahib. Guru Sahib raised his voice against tyranny and oppression and it is high time that we all adopt the philosophy of Guru Sahiban, he said.
The Minister added that peace and harmony are the only way to the prosperity of South Asian region. Calling upon the intellectual sections of the society to lead the way in creating such a society, he said that the writers and poets can revolutionize the people’s thinking through their writings.
“Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur made the supreme sacrifice for the sake of religious freedom so as to ensure the establishment of a world order based on peace and unity. Guru Sahib was of the view that religious harmony can only be established when nobody would be forced to change religion under pressure tactics,” he said.