After Navjot Singh Sidhu said that he relates more with Pakistan than with the people of South India, the BJP today attacked the cricketer turned politician and demanded the Congress to sack him. “We know your party loves Pakistan and your members sing its praises.
Rahul Gandhi should apologise to every south Indian and make Navjot Singh Sidhu apologise too. Sidhu should be sacked,” said GVL Narasimha Rao.
AIADMK also slammed Sidhu for his remark and said that he should not be taken seriously as he is a comedian.
Navjot Singh Sidhu had yesterday said, “If I go to Tamil Nadu, I don’t understand the language. Not that I don’t like the food, but I can’t take it for long.
Culture is totally different. But if I travel to Pakistan there is no difficulty. Language is same and everything there is just amazing.”
Sidhu had made this comment while speaking at the 7th Khushwant Singh Litfest in Kasauli.
Sidhu’s visit to Pakistan for Imran Khan’s swearing-in sparked widespread condemnation across India and his infamous hug to Pakistan Army General Qamar Javed Bajwa was criticised by his own party.
Sidhu had defended his controversial hug to Pakistan Army chief by calling it an “emotional moment”.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called Sidhu an ambassador of peace “I want to thank Sidhu for coming to Pak for my oath taking.
He was an ambassador of peace and was given amazing love and affection by people of Pakistan.
Those in India who targeted him are doing a great disservice to peace in the subcontinent – without peace, our people can’t progress,” Khan had tweeted.
