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BJP questions Central Government's strategy on Tibet
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SPECIALCORRESPONDENT on 26 March, 2008 05:12:00
 
New Delhi: Questioning United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's strategy
on Tibet for the “fear of China”, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)
has expressed serious concern over the recent violent developments in Tibet over
the demands for Tibet's independence. In a joint statement Leader of Opposition
Lal Krishna Advani, BJP president Rajnath Singh and former external affairs
minister Jaswant Singh criticised the UPA government for “adopting a
degrading policy of blatant appeasement towards China”. In a written
statement issued by the party today said, “It is indeed shameful to note
that the Government of India, instead of expressing concern against the use of
force by the Chinese government, is adopting a degrading policy of blatant
appeasement towards China with scant regard to the country's national honor and
foreign policy independence.” The party further said, “The use of
indiscriminate violence by the Chinese armed forces to forcibly crush the voice
of the people of Tibet is a serious development. The entire global community has
begun to voice its apprehension about the manner in which force is being used
against the protestors.” The anguish and suffering of Tibet and its
people, eloquently expressed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in pain imbued
words, is a call to the conscience of all humanity, the statement said. In the
view of media reports, the BJP also criticised the UPA government for cancelling
“a proposed call by the Vice President of India on His Holiness”
when he is expected to visit Delhi. The party asked the government of voicing
its concerns correctly, unequivocally and unambiguously. This is not any
interference, the BJP said adding, It is standing up, by India, for preserving
that which is India's contribution to all humanity -Tibet's Buddhist culture and
civilization.