Sidhu’s Constructive and CM’s Destructive Approach:  Credit War of Politics on Kartarpur Corridor or What?
Analysis By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch
1.   To Nullify the Positivity of Modi’s Government after Sidhu and Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s Determination on Kartarpur Corridor: Credit War of Politics with  Whom?  Sidhu’s Constructive and CM’s Destructive; Negative Approach: Why?
2.   Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu’s Constructive and CM’ Destructive; Negative Approach:  Credit War of Politics on Kartarpur Corridor or What?
3.   Can’t trust Pakistan’s intent for opening Kartarpur Corridor: Capt. Amarinder Singh:Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh made it clear that he did not trust Pakistan’s intent behind opening Kartarpur Corridor as he believes their agenda is aimed at exploiting the sentiments of the Sikhs: Bipin Bhardwaj; Published: 17 March 2019, 10:41 AM:  NATIONAL HEARLD INDIA
4.    What is the intent behind the following demand of CM Amarinder Singh: Destructive or Constructive to enter Pakistan unlimited numbers through Kartarpur Corridor without any restrictions?
(i)    “Cannot Trust Pakistan on Kartarpur Corridor, Says Amarinder Singh: The Punjab chief minister reiterated his demand for an open visit to the Kartarpur gurdwara and questioned the rationale behind having a corridor if the need for passport and visa was still there: Cannot Trust Pakistan on Kartarpur Corridor, Says Amarinder Singh
(ii)     CM Amarinder Singh said the number of devotees proposed by Islamabad to be allowed to pass the corridor was not at all sufficient and he wanted at least 15,000 pilgrims to be permitted to visit the historic gurdwara everyday.
(iii)    The Punjab chief minister reiterated his demand for an open visit to the Kartarpur gurdwara and questioned the rationale behind having a corridor if the need for passport and visa was still there.
(iv)     The chief minister also lashed out at the BJP for politicisation of the armed forces. "The Congress has never politicised the 1965 or the 1971 wars. We have always put the nation above political interests," he added. PTI Updated:March 17, 2019, 12:06 AM IST PTI Updated: March 17, 2019, 12:06 AM IST: NEWS 18”
5.      Wheras, “Exactly a month after the Pulwama massacre, India and Pakistan have agreed to work towards an expeditious launch of the Kartarpur corridor. The terror attack and its aftermath had threatened to derail the project, but the two countries have commendably delinked it from the ongoing hostilities for the sake of a pious occasion — the upcoming 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak……. The focus should remain on facilitating hassle-free access to the shrine associated with the first Sikh Guru. Mutual trust is a must to ensure that the project sees the light of day”.  Last updated: Mar 16, 2019, 6:45 AM (IST); Corridor headway; Editorial: The Tribune, Chandigarh
6.      “That religious sentiments will always triumph over policy prejudice is evident from the just-concluded first round of talks on the Kartarpur corridor. The joint statement issued after the talks said both sides had a ‘detailed and constructive discussion’, which will be followed up in the second round at Wagah, where issues flagged by India are likely to be addressed. These include the number and nature of pilgrims per day. India wants that Overseas Citizens of India should also be able to use the corridor.
IMPORTANCE TO BE PAKISTAN FOR INDIA IN THE FOLLOWING CONTEXT ALSO:
(i)        From India’s perspective, the niggling question is why must Pakistan be so amenable on the Kartarpur corridor? And why did the Pakistan army chief mention this to the visiting Indian politician Navjot Singh Sidhu? After all, Sidhu had gone to Islamabad on the invitation of his long-standing ‘friend’ PM Imran Khan. Wouldn’t it have been more natural for the ‘friend’ to communicate this?
(ii)      These questions betray a total lack of understanding of how the Pakistan government — a first-ever military-political joint venture — has been repositioning itself in the region as a reasonable and responsible power committed to human values. We tend to laugh at this, because our policy-making is held captive by the twin forces of deep-rooted prejudice and manufactured public opinion.
(iii)      Sample the responses from both sides after the first round of talks. An anonymous Indian source told the media that it was disappointed by Pakistan’s recalcitrant attitude during the talks. Whereas, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood told me, ‘Since both governments have shown deference to the wishes of the people, this (corridor) has the potential of transformational effect.’
(iv)       He accepted that there was ‘lack of trust’ between the two sides, but insisted that a number of positives might help mitigate it. According to him, ‘The release of the Indian pilot, resumption of Samjhauta Express train, return of the cross-LoC trade, weekly contact between the two directors general of military operations, return of the high commissioners to work, and the Kartarpur talks are good for the relationship and people-to-people contact.’
(v)        Pakistan’s positivity does not mean that it is anxious for an early meaningful resumption of talks with India. It knows this will not be immediately possible with even the next dispensation in Delhi, which, if different, would need time to re-channel the dislike which has currently shaped the public opinion. Given this, Pakistan could well be working for outside mediation, which India has thus far steadfastly refused, on Kashmir.
(vi)       The starting point for Pakistan is the raising of its geopolitical profile, pivoted on three milestones: CPEC announced in 2013 as the flagship of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI); Pakistan’s entry into the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in 2017 as a member state; and the installation of the Imran Khan government in 2018 with clearly defined division of work between Islamabad and the general headquarters, Rawalpindi. With these, Pakistan’s importance for the US, China and Russia, three geo-strategic nations with capability, capacity and political will to influence events far away, has increased exponentially.
(vii)       China needs Pakistan for (a) the success of BRI, (b) entry into the Muslim world by CPEC extensions to Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Central Asian republics, and (c) favourable opinion-building in India’s neighbourhood comprising Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Maldives and so on, which would ease China’s entry into SAARC. In return, China, through its official newspaper, The Global Times, recently said China’s primary aim in the region ‘is to develop poor and backward Kashmir’
(viii)         The US needs Pakistan for (a) extrication of its troops from Afghanistan, (b) ensuring that its N-weapons are not accessible to non-state actors, and (c) to maintain some leverage in the subcontinent, which it has assessed as a nuclear flash point. Russia’s interest in Pakistan, which started in 2001, has become prominent. It believes that by strengthening Pakistan’s counter-terror capabilities it can, through proxy, once again have a role in the post-US Afghan dispensation.
(ix)         Moreover, the trio of Russia, China and Pakistan is fast emerging as an alternative to US-led security matrix in the Indo-Pacific region. This has been helped by the withdrawal of the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership without a good substitute which caters to both security and prosperity of regional nation states. This explains Russia’s trade cooperation with Pakistan, with a promise of direct arms trade. While this will be a slow process, Pakistan is likely to get Russian military technology through China.
7.      Unfortunately, India remains oblivious to these dynamics. The predominant narrative of Indian policy-makers, analysts and media is that Pakistan is a failing state, one that is deeply in debt and a hotbed of terrorists. For decades, we have been waiting for Pakistan to implode-burst inward; fail completely economically or politically; to suffer from total economic or political collapse e.g.as a result of poor management and financial insolvency’ but it has been refusing to oblige us.
8.      Coming back to the Kartarpur corridor, one of the strongest elements of Pakistan’s soft power is its human resource — polite, humble and apparently in love with Indians. As Sikh pilgrims visit Kartarpur, Pakistan is likely to unleash this charm on them, gradually building the constituency for meaningful talks with India”. An extract from ‘Decoding Kartarpur: By Pravin Sawhney; Strategic Affairs Expert: last updated: Mar 16, 2019, 6:45 AM (IST); The Tribune, Chandigarh
9.      From the  analysis and the facts highlighted above, ‘Punjab Minister Sidhu’s Constructive and CM Amarinder Singh’s Destructive Approach:  Credit War of Politics on Kartarpur Corridor or What?’ now seems could not be difficult to find the reasonable and appealable correct answers?
10.   As to who, how and why Punjab Minister, Navjot Singh  Sidhu was victimized and he is being continuously dealt so roughly in a planned way by his political opponents under the false garb and pretext of their so-called nationalism and patriotism, the following a few articles-Links will help more to understand in the interest of his (Sidhu and family) always:
http://www.sapulse.com/new_comments.php?id=17084_0_1_0_C
(i)                 India: The apprehension of serious danger to Navjot Singh Sidhu - By: Balbir Singh Sooch
http://www.sapulse.com/new_comments.php?id=17084_0_1_0_C
http://www.sapulse.com/new_comments.php?id=17373_0_1_0_C
(ii)       Navjot Singh Sidhu Facing Threat to His Life - Highlights by: Balbir Singh Sooch
http://www.sapulse.com/new_comments.php?id=17373_0_1_0_C
http://www.thekhalsa.org/frame.php?path=342&article=19188
(iii)       The teachings are of Sikhs Gurus. To help every-one in need; ‘Either, they may be Brahmans at the time of Aourang Zeb or the Kashmiris at the time of Narinder Modi’: ‘Restored Our Faith In Humanity’: Kashmiris Thank Sikhs For Help
http://www.thekhalsa.org/frame.php?path=356&article=19193
PM Imran Khan Address to Nation on Pulwama Incident
http://www.sapulse.com/new_comments.php?id=17689_0_1_0_M15
http://www.thekhalsa.org/frame.php?path=342&article=19188
The Analysis and Highlights Forwarded By: Balbir Singh Sooch-Sikh Vichar Manch
First Posted On: March 17, 2019, 3: 40 PM (IST)
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As to who, how and why Punjab Minister, Navjot Singh  Sidhu was victimized and he is being continuously dealt so roughly in a planned way by his political opponents under the false garb and pretext of their so-called nationalism and patriotism, the above a few articles-Links will help more to understand in the interest of his (Sidhu and family) always?
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