Congress Party in Punjab on August 26 slammed BJP MP Subramaniam Swamy for raising apprehensions on the security of the Kartarpur corridor and claimed that there is no threat as Punjabis will act as the first line of defence, reports India Today. "The Punjabi community is the first line of defence on the Indo-Pak border, so all the apprehensions over the Kartarpur Sahib corridor are unfounded," Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Sunil Jakhar said. "There are fanatics on both sides of the border who don't want the corridor to complete, but history has presented the two nations with an opportunity to give justice to Sikh community denied for 70 years," Jakhar said.
Reacting to former Pakistan Army Chief Mirza Aslam's statement that Kartarpur corridor could be exploited to fan Khalistani terror in Punjab, Sunil Jakhar said that people of Punjab have suffered long and paid a huge price for peace which cannot be undone now. "There have been repeated attempts like Pulwama to disturb the peace of the region, but despite the current low in the bilateral relations, be it because of the Balakot attack or tension over Article 370, work over the corridor is going on. We are hopeful that it will be opened soon," Sunil Jakhar said.