Tibetan Parliamentary Delegation calls on JKPCC Working President
Tibetan lawmakers appealed to Bhalla for his party’s support to cause of Tibet
Jammu, August 29, 2023:- A Parliamentary delegation consisting of parliamentarians Dawa Tsering, Yeshi Dolma, and Tenpa Yarphel today met JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla and submitted memorandum to himDuring their meeting with Bhalla, the Tibetan delegates highlighted the issue of Tibet and briefed the functioning of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile.
Appealing Bhalla for his party’s support to the cause of Tibet and to the Tibetans living in the state, the MPs presented him with souvenir and documents from the TPiE. Bhalla said that he is well aware of the Sino-Tibetan conflict as he had an opportunity of listening to Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, former Kalon Tripa, a decade ago.Bhalla also stated that as India’s center and state governments have rightfully shouldered the responsively of providing the needed assistance to the Tibetans living in exile for the past more than 60 years, India will continue to do the needful in support of the Tibetans. The Tibetan delegates invited Bhalla to the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile in Dharamshala.
Bhalla was told that Tibetan people have been traumatized by systematic violations of their most fundamental human rights and threat to their distinct cultural and national identity since the People’s Republic of China (PRC) invaded Tibet in 1949. Over the last seven decades, the situation in Tibet has been deteriorating to the extent that it is now facing imminent threat of cultural genocide and total annihilation of Tibetan identity.
They said Tibet and India have a millennia-old history of friendly coexistence and cultural exchanges. They have been neighbouring countries with rich ancient as well as contemporary civilizational ties. There has nover been, in past history, any sort of territorial boundary between India and China.
However such a boundary has now come into being and that boundary continues to remain a subject of dispute and behind those boundaries are our Tibetan brothers and sisters who continue to suffer under the subjugation and repressive policies of China.As such, it is critical that our status and rights as Tibetan people are recognized and reaffirmed, and that our call for a peaceful resolution is supported and strengthened. In order to resolve the Tibet-China conflict on the basis of the Middle Way Policy, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has made every effort to initiate a series of confidence-building measures during the nine rounds of talks which took place between 2002 and 2010.
Since 2010, no dialogue has taken place with the PRC and the ball is entirely in their court. Nevertheless, the CTA is open and firmly committed to dialogue and negotiation to resolve the Tibet-China conflict in the best interest of both the Tibetan and Chinese peoples through the Middle Way Policy, they added.
(NOTE: PRESS RELEASE PUBLISHED AS RECEIVED)
