Govt should pay ‘jaziya’ imposed by Pak: Cong

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26-Oct-2019
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  • Congress leader Manish Tewari on Friday attacked the Modi government over Pakistan's decision to charge $20 from each pilgrim visiting the Sikh shrine of Kartarpur Sahib.
  • Pakistan is expected to earn up to $ 3,65,00,000 from pilgrims visiting the holy Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur.
  • The service fee from the pilgrims — Rs 259 crore per annum and about Pakistani Rs 555 crore.
  • As many as 5,000 pilgrims from India will travel to Pakistan through the Kartarpur corridor daily at Rs 1,400 per pilgrim cost for 5,000 pilgrims comes to Rs 70 lakh daily-about Rs 265 crore annually.
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  • Why can't NDA/BJP government pay since they could not prevent Pakistan from imposing this jaziya?," Tewari said on Twitter.
  • 'Jaziya' was a tax imposed on non-Muslims in earlier times.