Lahore, November 28: At the event marking the groundbreaking ceremony of Kartarpur corridor in Lahore, Khalistani terrorist Gopal Singh Chawla was seen standing next to Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. The latter was seen interacting with Chawla at the sidelines of the event.

According to reports, Chawla is the general secretary of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. In the recent terror attack at a Nirankari congregation in Amritsar, his name had propped up. MEA Responds to Imran Khan's 'Resolve Kashmir' Pitch, Condemns Pakistan PM For 'Politicising' Kartarpur Event.

While India had not officially reacted to the visuals showing Chawla with Gen Bajwa, Indian Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat said the Kartarpur corridor needs to be viewed in isolation with everything else.

"Everyone says give peace a chance, something should happen. What has our government said today. Our government has said this (the Kartarpur Sahib corridor) is to be seen in isolation," he said, further adding, "Do not link it to anybody else. This is a one-sided decision and it has no link to any other thing."

Earlier in the day, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said in Hyderabad that there will be no dialogue with Pakistan unless it desists from terrorist activities against India.

She also said the Kartarpur corridor initiative -- connecting Sikh faith's founder Guru Nanak Dev's final resting place in Kartarpur to the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India's Gurdaspur district -- was not linked to the dialogue process with Pakistan.

At the event, however, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan pitched for revamping bilateral ties with India, stressing that the only issue which separates the two nations is the Kashmir dispute. "We should resolve it through dialogue," he added.

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