My Tawang visit unnecessarily politicised: Dalai Lama
Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh):Tibetans’ Spiritual Leader Dalai Lama on Tuesday said that his Tawang visit has been unnecessarily politicised.
“My Tawang visit has been unnecessarily politicised. I am here to repay my debt
to the people of Tawang,” said Dalai Lama said on Tuesday. China has said that
Dalai Lama's latest visit shows his anti-China stance. Beijing sees the visit
as encouraging the Tibetan struggle by undermining Chinese territorial integrity
and has slammed it as the Dalai Lama’s “scheme to wreck China’s relations” with
India. But the Tibetan leader says it is merely a spiritual tour. Beijing calls
the Dalai Lama a dangerous “splittist” plotting Tibetan independence, a charge
he denies. Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh state is the birthplace of Dalai Lama and
part of territory Beijing considers as “southern” Tibet. It is at the heart of
the border dispute.
