No point in return to China, prefer India.. best place: Dalai Lama

India

oi-Deepika S

Dalai
Lama
has
issued
his
first
response
on
the
December
9
clash
in
Tawang,
the
first
since
the
standoff
between
troops
in
the
sensitive
Galwan
area
of
Ladakh.

New
Delhi,
Dec
19:
Amid
Tawang
face-off,
Tibetan
spiritual
leader
Dalai
Lama
on
Monday
said
that
he
prefers
India
and
that
there
is
no
point
in
returning
to
China.

“Things
are
improving
in
general
in
Europe,
Africa
and
Asia…
China
too
is
becoming
flexible.
But
there
is
no
point
in
returning
to
China.
I
prefer
India…
best
place,”
Dalai
Lama
can
be
heard
saying
in
a
video
tweeted
by
ANI.

“Kangra-Pandit
Nehru.
This
place
is
my
permanent
residence,”
he
added.

Dalai
Lama
is
said
to
be
“the
present
incarnation
of
the
previous
thirteen
Dalai
Lamas
of
Tibet
(the
first
having
been
born
in
1391
CE),
who
are
in
turn
considered
to
be
manifestations
of
Avalokiteshvara,
or
Chenrezig,
the
Bodhisattva
of
Compassion,
holder
of
the
White
Lotus,”
as
per
the
official
website.

PM
Modi
will
not
spare
anyone:
Tawang
Monastery
monks
warn
China
after
recent
clash

At
age
two,
then
named
Lhamo
Dhondup,
he
was
recognised
as
the
reincarnation
of
the
previous
13th
Dalai
Lama,
Thubten
Gyatso.

“In
exile,
the
Central
Tibetan
Administration
led
by
His
Holiness
appealed
to
the
United
Nations
to
consider
the
question
of
Tibet.
The
General
Assembly
adopted
three
resolutions
on
Tibet
in
1959,
1961
and
1965,”
his
website
further
reads.

Earlier
this
month,
Beijing
had
criticized
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
for
greeting
the
Dalai
Lama
on
his
87th
birthday,
saying
India
should
stop
using
Tibet-related
issues
to
interfere
in
China’s
internal
affairs.

However,
India
rejected
China’s
criticism
and
asserted
that
it
is
a
consistent
policy
to
treat
the
Dalai
Lama
as
an
honoured
guest
of
the
country.

Whether
Galwan
or
Tawang,
our
Armed
Forces
proved
their
valour:
Rajnath
Singh

The
Dalai
Lama
has
been
living
in
India
ever
since
he
fled
Tibet
in
1959.
The
Tibetan
government-in-exile
operates
from
India
and
over
1,60,000
Tibetans
live
in
the
country.