Former Indian legend slams Sidhu for hugging Pak army chief

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Apart from Sidhu, former Indian captains, Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev, were also invited, but they couldn’t make it citing personal reasons

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“We have been reading about soldiers losing their lives at border, families losing their loved ones. After all these, how could anyone hug the Pakistani army chief,” added Sehwag

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Recalling an incident from India’s tour of Pakistan in 2004, Sehwag said, “When we toured Pakistan, we made sure that we shouldn’t meet a person after which situation back at home gets worse

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“We met the then President Parvez Musharraf and just shook hands, but didn’t hug him,” he added

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Sidhu was personally invited by Imran Khan at the ceremony held in Islamabad

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Sidhu attended the Imran Khan’s swearing-in ceremony on Saturday where he firmly met the Pakistani army chief and hugged him.

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Right after the video and pictures of this incident surfaced on media, Sidhu had to face a huge criticism

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Virender Sehwag strongly condemned Sidhu’s act and said, “I’m not a politician but I’m a common man. If I had been there, I wouldn’t have done that because I know that it may hurt my fellow countrymen

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Former Indian opening batsman Virender Sehwag has slammed cricketer turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu for hugging Pakistan army chief, General Qamar Bajwa

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