Following his Mumbai visit, PM Justin Trudeau is visiting Amritsar today. Preparations by the Punjab government are in full swing for the proposed visit. Mr Trudeau is scheduled to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple along with his family. A thick security blanket was put in place in and around the Golden Temple for the visit.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is slated to welcome the Canadian PM in Amritsar. Former deputy chief minister of Punjab and president of the SAD Sukhbir Badal and his wife Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal would receive the Canadian PM at the main gate of Golden Temple.
Reached Sri Darbar Sahib to welcome Canadian PM Mr. @JustinTrudeau pic.twitter.com/x369zHhfr1
— Sukhbir Singh Badal (@officeofssbadal) February 21, 2018
Mr Trudeau would partake of langar at Guru Ram Das Langar Hall, which is the community kitchen of the Golden Temple. The SGPC has arranged a specially crafted 24-karat gold-plated portrait of the shrine and a gold-plated 'Siri Sahib' (a small six-inch sword) to be presented to the Canadian PM along with a 'siropa' (robe of honour) and a shawl.
The Canadian prime minister is on week-long visit to India. Mr Trudeau is accompanied by wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau and three children -Ella-Grace, Xavier and Hadrien.
AMARINDER TO MEET SIX MINISTERS ACCOMPANYING CANADIAN PM
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh will interact with six ministers accompanying Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after the one-to-one meeting between the two leaders on Wednesday.
Union Minister Hardeep Puri would also be present during the meeting.
On my way to Amritsar for an one-to-one meeting with Canadian Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau. pic.twitter.com/AtsZmmHcq7
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) February 21, 2018
Media adviser to the CM, Raveen Thukral, tweeted, "On request from @CanadainIndia, Punjab C.M. @capt_amarinder will interact with the six ministers accompanying the Canadian PM @JustinTrudeau after the one-to-one meeting between the two leaders. Union Minister @HardeepSPuri will also be present."
On request from @CanadainIndia, Punjab C.M. @capt_amarinder will interact with the six ministers accompanying the Canadian PM @JustinTrudeau after the one-to-one meeting between the two leaders. Union Minister @HardeepSPuri will also be present. pic.twitter.com/2mt7cuuxlF
— RaveenMediaAdvPunCM (@RT_MediaAdvPbCM) February 21, 2018
Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said: “The meeting between Amarinder Singh and Justin Trudeau can take Punjab 20 years ahead. The meeting will strengthen the two countries relations. It’s a mutual symbiosis, which can transform both the countries.”
The 20-minute meeting between Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh & Canadian PM Justin Trudeau can take Punjab 20 years ahead. This visit will strengthen India & Canada relations, it is a mutual symbiosis which can transform both the countries : Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu pic.twitter.com/ec1VLxNVjA
— ANI (@ANI) February 21, 2018
SGPC TO KEEP HARDLINERS AT BAY
Tight security arrangements have been made in and around the holy city. Security agencies and SGPC officials were on their toes to ensure the high-profile visit doesn’t face any glitch or controversy.
Sources said their biggest challenge would be to keep the separatist forces at bay and ensure that they did not raise pro-Khalistan slogans. Earlier during Canada’s Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s visit, hardliners had managed to sneak into the Golden Temple in the guise of devotees and had raised slogans, leading to a clash with the security personnel.
SAD (Amritsar) general secretary Jarnail Singh Sakhira said they would hand over a memorandum to the Canadian PM regarding Sikh issues in his country. “We don’t rely on Amarinder or Sukhbir to raise Sikh issues genuinely. We will try to approach Canadian PM at the Golden Temple complex,” he said.
Meanwhile, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh said Trudeau and his team had been doing remarkable job in the interest of the Sikh community in Canada and he would be duly honoured, if he visited Akal Takht.
JASSI SINDHU MURDER: MAN IN PUNJAB WANTS TRUDEAU TO EXTRADITE HIS WIFE'S ALLEGED KILLERS
Sukhwinder Singh Mithu's Canadian wife Jaswinder Kaur Jassi was allegedly killed at the behest of her mother and paternal uncle.
Mithu wants Trudeau to "personally intervene" to extradite both the accused to India.
SIKHS HAPPY IN CANADA, WON’T RAISE ANY ISSUE WITH TRUDEAU: SGPC
Why does @capt_amarinder forget his these pictures when he label others as #Khalistan supporter? In one of these photos he is addressing the Sikhs from a Khalistan stage in #Canada & in 1994 at Akal Takht, he along with me pledged to struggle for the achievement of #Khalistan. pic.twitter.com/vK7zYswWnC
— Simranjit Singh Mann (@SimranjitSADA) February 20, 2018
#Simranjit_Singh_Mann welcomes Mr. #Trudeau_Prime_Minister_of_Canada to the Indian sub-continent.
Posted by Simranjit Singh Mann on Tuesday, 20 February 2018
"He should help in extraditing the two culprits to India to face law of the land. They have killed my love and I have been fighting for justice for 18 years. Why is Canada protecting the killers?" the report quoted Mithu as saying.
Hello Punjab! Happy to be in Amritsar with @CanadianPM Justin Trudeau and delegation @CanadainIndia #TrudeauinIndia pic.twitter.com/wKnPJ18yAp
— Nadir Patel (@nadirypatel) February 21, 2018
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and delegation Reaches Amritsar welcomed by @sherryontopp @CanadainIndia #TrudeauinIndia @JustinTrudeau @NewsWorldIN @KhabarNwi pic.twitter.com/Ck9CmluGeo
— Mohit Malik (@MrMMalik) February 21, 2018
Promoting closer ties between Canada and Punjab. Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau arrives in Amritsar. Is received by Union Minister of State for Urban Development @HardeepSPuri & @sherryontopp Minister of Local Government, Tourism, Cultural Affairs, & Museums of the State of Punjab pic.twitter.com/WiLhAm7sO4
— Vikas Swarup (@VikasSwarup) February 21, 2018
JUSTIN TRUDEAU ALONG WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN ARRIVES AT AMRITSAR'S GOLDEN TEMPLE
#Punjab: Canadian Prime Minister #JustinTrudeau along with his wife and children arrives at Amritsar's Golden Temple. pic.twitter.com/Pvv8jDe4Zr
— ANI (@ANI) February 21, 2018
Visuals of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family in Golden Temple
Visuals of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family in Golden Temple in #Amritsar, earlier today. pic.twitter.com/h09ne52urN
— ANI (@ANI) February 21, 2018
Paying obeisance at the holiest shrine of the Sikhs. PM @JustinTrudeau visits the Golden Temple in Amritsar. pic.twitter.com/5zl4vncfXQ
— Vikas Swarup (@VikasSwarup) February 21, 2018
Canadian Prime Minister #JustinTrudeau's message in the visitors book at #Amritsar's Golden Temple. pic.twitter.com/LGJZmbSZwC
— ANI (@ANI) February 21, 2018
Punjab: Canadian Prime Minister #JustinTrudeau at #Amritsar's Golden Temple, with his family. pic.twitter.com/YaYGvBTBRR
— ANI (@ANI) February 21, 2018
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau & Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan meet Punjab's CM Capt. Amarinder Singh in Amritsar.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau & Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan meet Punjab's CM Capt. Amarinder Singh in Amritsar. pic.twitter.com/b0quHM1jDh
— ANI (@ANI) February 21, 2018
