Ambala
\nHaryana Health Minister Anil Vij lambasted cricketer-turned-politician and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday for attending the swearing-in of former cricketer Imran Khan as the prime minister of Pakistan.<\/p>\n
Khan, who famously captained the national cricket team to World Cup glory in 1992, had invited some of his former team mates and friends to witness his formal accession to the top ministerial job in the country.<\/p>\n
Wearing a dark blue suit and a purple turban, Sidhu was among the special guests present at the oath-taking ceremony at the Aiwan-e-Sadr (the President House) in Islamabad today.<\/p>\n
Vij termed Sidhu\u2019s participation in the ceremony as an \u201cact of disloyalty\u201d towards India which \u201cwill not be endorsed by any patriotic citizen\u201d of the country.<\/p>\n
Speaking to media persons, the Haryana minister also lashed out at Sidhu for \u201cignoring the sentimental and grieved occasion of his country\u201d which is observing mourning following the demise of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Union Government has announced a seven-day national mourning following the death of former Prime Minister Vajpayee, but Sidhu preferred to join the swearing-in ceremony of Khan in Pakistan, ignoring the sentimental and grieved occasion of his country,\u201d Vij said.<\/p>\n
He said it was beyond doubt that Sidhu has friendly relation with Khan but \u201cfriendship was not bigger than the country\u201d.<\/p>\n
Vij said that at a time when most of the leaders of the ruling as well as opposition parties were present in Delhi to pay their tributes to Vajpayee, Sidhu was \u201cenjoying Khan\u2019s celebration\u201d in Islamabad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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