India has constant coverage to deal with Dalai Lama as an honoured visitor: MEA

The Ministry of External Affairs stated India has a constant coverage of treating the Dalai Lama as a revered non secular chief and an honoured visitor within the nation. The MEA was replying to a query on the Indian authorities wishing the Dalai Lama on his birthday. (Photo: PTI)India has a constant coverage of treating the Dalai Lama as a revered non secular chief and an honoured visitor within the nation, the Ministry of External Affairs stated on Thursday.

The assertion, in response to a query, got here two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi known as up the Tibetan religious chief and greeted him on his 86th birthday.”It is the consistent policy of the government of India to treat his holiness the Dalai Lama as an honoured guest in India and as a respected religious leader who enjoys a large following in India,” MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi stated at a media briefing.”His holiness’s birthday is celebrated by many of his followers in India and abroad,” he added.Bagchi was replying to a query on the Indian authorities wishing the Dalai Lama on his birthday.Prime Minister Modi on Tuesday stated on Twitter that he spoke to the Tibetan religious chief and greeted him on his birthday in what was seen in some quarters as a refined message to China amid strained ties between India and that nation over the border standoff in japanese Ladakh.ALSO READ: Exclusive | Dalai Lama-PM Modi meet seemingly after Covid-19 scenario stabilises: President of Tibetan govt-in-exileSeveral union ministers together with Nitin Gadkari, Hardeep Singh Puri and Dharmendra Pradhan in addition to chief ministers Pema Khandu (Arunachal Pradesh), Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi) and Prem Singh Tamang (Sikkim) have been amongst those that additionally tweeted to convey their greetings to the Tibetan religious chief.The Dalai Lama whereas responding to the birthday greetings stated in a digital handle he has taken “full advantage” of India’s freedom and non secular concord and is dedicated to reviving historical Indian data. The Tibetan chief additionally stated he’s dedicated to non-violence and compassion “until my death”.The 14th Dalai Lama has made India his house since fleeing China in 1959.The Chinese authorities officers and the Dalai Lama or his representatives haven’t met in formal negotiations since 2010.Beijing has previously accused the Dalai Lama of indulging in “separatist” actions and making an attempt to separate Tibet and considers him as a divisive determine.However, the Tibetan religious chief has insisted that he’s not in search of independence however “genuine autonomy for all Tibetans living in the three traditional provinces of Tibet” below the “Middle-Way approach”.WATCH: Prayers mark Buddhist religious chief Dalai Lama’s eighty fifth birthdayClick right here for IndiaRight this moment.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.