INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Monday congratulated his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan, who was sworn in as the country's 22nd prime minister on Saturday
Prime Minister Modi said, "we are for good neighbourly relations
development" in the region
And just days earlier, Mr Khan had said that he wanted to fix ties between the two countries
"You take one step forward, we will take two," he had said.After former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's death, the new Pakistani
prime minister also said the two countries could honour the veteran BJP leader's legacy by establishing peace.The former
cricketer-turned-politician had invited three of his contemporary players from India, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev to
his oath ceremony on Saturday
While Mr Gavaskar and Kapil Dev skipped the event, Navjot Singh Sidhu went to Pakistan, for which he was criticised not only by the BJP but
also his boss and Congress Chief Minister of Punjab, Amarinder Singh."The fact is that the man should understand that our soldiers are being
My own regiment lost one Major and two jawans a few months ago and everyday somebody is being shot," Mr Singh had said.Ties between India
and Pakistan have been strained in recent years with no bilateral talks taking place, after the terror attacks by Pakistan-based groups in
2016 and surgical strikes by India in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
The sentencing of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav to death by a military court in April last year further deteriorated bilateral
