Jammu August 28 (KNS): Tibetan Parliament in Exile delegation on Monday called on Kavinder Gupta, senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister and sought support against the Chinese belligerence and its authoritarianism forcing their community to forgo Buddhism and come under the realms of communism.
At the outset of the meeting, the Tibetan Parliament delegation stressed on the need to mount international pressure on China to stop the dictatorial country from forcing the peaceful Tibetan fraternity to embrace communism rather than practicing their indigenous religion—Buddhism.
It is pertinent to mention that the delegation comprising parliamentarians including Ven. Lama Tenpa Yashpal (MP), Dawa Tsering (MP), Yeshi Yarphel (MP), Rajinder Sadotra General Secertary, BTSM, Dr Cherring Tandup President BTSM Ladakh and Sanjeev Manmotra Bharat Tibet Sahyog Mandal, Coordinator , North Zone, India and Convener Core Group of Tibetain were the elected members of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile which is working from Indian state of Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala city representing over six million members of the Tibetan society both living inside and outside Tibet.
The delegation apprised Kavinder Gupta that Tibetans have been traumatized by systematic violations of their fundamental human rights by the Dragon nation and the oppressor country is a threat to their distinct cultural and national identity since 1949, when China unauthorizedly declared claim over Tibet for it being an expansionist country. They said that over the last seven decades, the situation in Tibet has been deteriorating and now its population is facing imminent threat of cultural genocide and total annihilation of native identity.
Giving historical account, geographical status and the democratically elected government, the visiting delegation asked the BJP leader to urge the Indian government to recognize Tibet as an occupied nation with its own independent and sovereign past, backed by historical evidence. The members of delegation also appealed India not to acknowledge China's false narrative by labeling Tibetans as a minority, referring to Tibet's occupation as an internal issue of Beijing, and proclaiming Tibet as a pan of China thereby, aiding China's colonization of Tibet and the subjugation of Tibetans. “Mount pressure on China to ensure access to independent human rights organizations to monitor and report on the human rights situation, and likewise extend invitations to UN’s concerned body focusing on freedom of opinion and expression, peaceful assembly and association to assess and announce the ground situation.
Ask China to release unconditionally all Tibetan political prisoners”, the delegation told the former DyCM of erstwhile State of J&K adding that the list of demands is voluminous and we expect a favorable response from India as it used to give in the past. After listening to the points raised by the delegates,
Kavinder assured that he will project all the points highlighted in the meeting before the concerned quarters and anticipated full support from the government.(KNS)