The flashpoint between the two Sardars seems to have come months later after Sidhu walked away with kudos over the Kartarpur Corridor affair. Pakistan’s move to accept opening up of the Kartarpur Corridor, a significant gesture for Punjab’s dominant Sikh population, had been touted by close aide’s of the former cricketer as a direct result of his backchannel talks with Imran Khan. Sidhu had later accepted an invitation from Khan to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor while the Punjab chief minister had turned down a similar invite citing Pakistan’s continued support to its homegrown terror groups who target India. In wake of the Pulwama terror attack earlier this year, Sidhu had again left his party red-faced when he called for peace between the two countries while Singh, a former Armyman himself, had batted for deterrent military action by India against Pakistan.