Dalai Lama’s May Tawang visit in Arunachal Pradesh

GUWAHATI: The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader has decided to visit Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, which china claims as for visit it won in November. Buddhist monasteries on the India-China border next month is solely for teaching and shouldn’t anger China’s government. New Delhi government does not want to deal with the travels of religious figures. And China doesn't need to worry about the trip. After this month Dalai Lama go to visit Arunachal Pradesh in the second week of November. He is going there at the invitation from some local Buddhists, Choekyappa told TOI from Dharamsala. China has protested against the visit of the Dalai Lama to Tawang monastery in Arunachal Pradesh but Indian Prime Minister Ms-Manmohan Singh called him an "honored guest" who is free to visit any part of india. The Prime minister said India had been "very generosity" by giving over "58,000 business visas" to the Chinese countries. We are know that India is a freedom country and there are not to want any problem with Dalai Lama's visit to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, considering the fact that he had come to India via Tawang and has visited the place before,'' said a Central Tibetan Administration official, on condition of anonymity. "We were very disappointed last year when the Indian government denied the Dalai Lama the permission to visit Tawang,'' the official added. When Dalai Lama go to visit Tawang in November, it's likely to infuriate the Chinese who have been claiming that not just Tawang but the entire Arunachal is part of their territory. The Chinese have raised their pitch on the border issue in recent months and the visit if it happens will cloud Sino-Indian ties, which have been under strain of late due to reports of violations and skirmishes along the international border. Right now we are hopeful for the Indian government allowing the Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal this time. It's a spiritual tour. Besides, it's important for India to take a firm stand on the issue of Tawang and send a signal to China,'' says the Tibetan official, on condition of anonymity.
It may be recalled that soon after his visit to China last year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had gone to Arunachal to show that "the state was an integral part of India.