On Sunday, eight Punjab Congress legislators, comprising of two cabinet ministers hit out at BJP MP Subramanian Swamy over his remarks that the work on the Kartarpur corridor should be stopped in the interest of the nation. The Congress leaders slammed Swamy and said that his comments on the Kartarpur corridor had hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community.

While addressing a joint press statement, besides the legislators, Ministers Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Bharat Bhushan Ashu said that the BJP-ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) must clear their stand on the issue. Entire Punjab, especially the Sikh circle knows it too well that the Badal family loves to cling to power rather than working for Sikh interests, the statement read.