PATHANKOT: PM Modi accused the Congress governments of the past of letting go three opportunities to keep the holy Sikh shrine of Gurdwara Kartapur Sahib in India, which is now in Pakistan and barely 5km from the Punjab border. Speaking at an election rally close to the India-Pakistan border on Wednesday, he called Congress and AAP chips off the old block — “One looted Punjab, while the other is involved in scam after scam in Delhi”.
He said the Congress leadership of 1947 didn’t consider keeping Kartapur Sahib with India and during the 1965 India-Pakistan conflict, when the Indian Army was advancing towards Lahore, it could have included Kartapur Sahib by moving a few steps ahead. Then again during the 1971 war, India could have demanded Kartapur Sahib in exchange for 90,000 Pakistan PoWs.