Kartarpur Sahib and Nankana Sahib should have been on Indian side: Hardeep Puri

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday said both Nankana Sahib and Kartarpur Sahib which are in Pakistan should have been included in India at the time of Partition like other gurdwaras associated with the life of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak.

Puri, a prominent Sikh face of the BJP, said when the borders were drawn between Indian and Pakistan in 1947, those who were involved in this exercise should have applied their mind and assured that all gurdwaras linked to the life of Guru Nanak Dev be on the Indian side.

"...We are celebrating the 550th birth anniversary (of Guru Nanak) and if you look at the gurdawras associated with Guru Nanak Sahib which captured his life are now in Pakistan -- Nankana Sahib and Kartarpur Sahib... I do wish that someone at some stage had applied their mind...all this gurdwaras should have been on this side of the border," he said while speaking at an event here.

Puri who won the Lok Sabha polls from the Amritsar seat made the remarks on the day when ...