Manish Tewari snubs Sidhu for asking to renew commerce with Pakistan

Senior Congress chief and MP from Gurdaspur Manish Tewari has snubbed Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu for his ideas to open the India-Pakistan border in Punjab to extend commerce and friendship between India and Pakistan. Tewari mentioned that it was futile to carry any commerce talks with Pakistan when Pakistan is concerned in anti-India actions like cross border terrorism.
Manish Tewari on Sunday mentioned that it’s “useless and futile” to carry any trade-related talks with Pakistan till the nation stops its anti-India actions. Speaking to ANI, the Lok Sabha MP mentioned, “Until Pakistan stops sending terrorists to India and dropping drugs and weapons in our areas via drones, it is useless and futile to hold any trade-related talks with Pakistan.”
Tewari’s remark got here a day after Sidhu had advocated for opening the Attari border for cross-border commerce relations. Sidhu mentioned this whereas talking to the media in Amritsar on December 4. The most harmful side of the pro-Pakistani rant of Sidhu was that he had referred to Pakistani infiltrators (smugglers, criminals, terrorists, spies and so on) as naughty parts who will maintain coming to India by means of the porous borders. Hence, “why not open it, so that trade becomes possible and prosperity comes,” he mentioned.
Battling for the India Pakistan friendship and commerce, he mentioned that Punjab has suffered enormous loss resulting from stalled commerce between India and Pakistan.
“If the Karachi border is open, why can’t they open Attari border for business? If the central government opens this, then it will boost the economy of Punjab,” Sidhu mentioned.  
He identified how former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had began Aman Eman Bus Sewa from India to Pakistan to extend friendship.
Sidhu beneath the pretext of outlining his financial visions for Punjab paddled the agenda of Pakistan even to the extent of ignoring infiltration and Pakistan’s elevated subversive actions in Punjab within the current months.
Scope of Indo-Pak commerce & these 34 international locations is US$ 37 Billion. Right now we’re finishing up commerce of solely US$ 3 Billion, not even 5% of the potential. Punjab has suffered lack of Rs 4,000 Cr in final 34 months, 15,000 jobs misplaced:Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu in Amritsar pic.twitter.com/pNj4ZaDU0o— ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2021
Sidhu, who had referred Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan bada bhai (elder brother) and hugged Pakistani Army General Qamar Bajwa, retains talking for the opposite facet of the border.
While the Congress excessive command is silent over Sidhu’s pro-Pakistani tune, social gathering chief Manish Tewari has slammed him, which he had finished earlier additionally.
When Sidhu had praised Imran Khan as elder brother, Tewari had termed Imran Khan as a cat’s paw of Pak deep State ISI-Military mix. Imran Khan “maybe anybody’s elder brother but for India he is that cat’s paw of Pak Deep State ISI-Military combine that drones arms & narcotics into Punjab & sends terrorists on a daily basis across LOC in J&K. Have we forgotten martyrdom of our soldiers in Poonch so soon?”, Tewari had mentioned.