His comments come after Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh had yesterday ticked off his cabinet colleague for hugging Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. “I think it was wrong for him (Sidhu) to have shown the affection he did for the Pakistan Army chief, I am not in its favour… The fact is that the man (Sidhu) should understand that our soldiers are being killed every day. My own regiment lost one major and two jawans a few months ago,” Amarinder had said. (ALSO READ: Subramanian Swamy Calls Navjot Singh Sidhu Mentally Unstable)

Meanwhile, a case of sedition was filed against Sidhu in a Bihar court on Monday for hugging the Pakistan Army chief during his visit to Pakistan. Lawyer Sudhur Ojha filed the case in Muzaffarpur’s Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court.

Ojha said he has filed the case under Indian Penal Case sections involving sedition. In his complaint, he said Sidhu’s gesture hurt the people of the country.

On his return from Pakistan yesterday, Sidhu had defended his action, asking what was he supposed to do when someone tells him that “we belong to the same culture” and talks of opening the route to the historic Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib.

Sidhu was among the special guests present at the oath-taking ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Sadr (the President House) in Islamabad on the invitation of Imran.

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