A Pakistani website had recently hailed Sidhu for opening up of the Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara and claimed that it was opened after Imran Khan and Sidhu discussed the same during Khan's swearing in ceremony
Sidhu wanted Deol's ouster on the pretext that he was a counsel for former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini and represented him in 2015 Kotkapura police firing incident cases related to Sikhs protesting against blasphemy incidents.