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SAD Chief Urges PM Modi to Reopen Kartarpur Corridor During Punjab Visit

Published on: 17 Jul 2026, 04:05 AM

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce the reopening of the Kartarpur Corridor during his scheduled visit to Punjab on Friday. Badal also called for resuming trade via the Attari-Wagah border with Pakistan.

The Kartarpur Corridor, which connects Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab's Gurdaspur district to the Darbar Sahib gurdwara at Kartarpur in Pakistan's Narowal district, has remained shut since May 7 last year. The closure followed Indian armed forces' pre-dawn strikes on terror hideouts in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir under Operation Sindoor, in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.

Chairing a meeting of the party's core committee and constituency in-charges, Badal also demanded a special economic package for Punjab, alleging that the current Aam Aadmi Party government had left the state fiscally strained. He further called for a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops.

Source: Indian Express

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