CGTC-India demands Bharat Ratna for Dalai Lama

The Core Group for Tibetan Cause, India urged the Central Government to confer Dalai Lama with Bharat Ratna. The reward would serve as a strong message to China, according to the group.

Guwahati: The Core Group for Tibetan Cause India, during a press conference in Guwahati, strongly condemned acts of Communist China. The group's national convenor R K Khrimey demanded that the Indian government should send out a strong message to China by conferring India’s highest civilian award Bharat Ratna on Dalai Lama, the octogenarian icon of the protest against the communist country’s occupation of Tibet.

During the press conference, the group stated that Communist China repeated act of aggressions which resulted in the face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Galwan Valley of Ladakh killing 20 Indian soldiers on the midnight of June 15.

The skirmish between Indian and Chinese soldiers at the southern bank of Pangong Lake on the night of August 29 and August 30 resulting in the death of Special Frontier Force (SFF) Coy Leader Nyima Tenzin are highly condemnable, it said.

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The group is of the stance that major countries in the world are uniting to hold China accountable for its deeds. According to them, Indian citizens are totally against Communist China for its repeated acts of aggression.

There is a movement built up in India to boycott China at every level. People are boycotting Chinese goods and services to protest the evil acts of Communist China, the group added. The group urges Indian citizens to be in solidarity with the soldiers who sacrificed their life for their motherland.