VHP Targets Nehru's Tibet Policy
(PTI | New Delhi | April 20, 2003)
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) today trained its guns on the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, accusing him of "offering" Tibet to China "on a platter" and charging that the action had made the Communist nation a "direct threat" to India.
VHP president Ashok Singhal also claimed that Hindus in the Himalayan region spanning from Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh were facing "increasing attacks" and sought unity with Buddhists to "fight the injustice".
Nehru "offered Tibet on a platter to China. This act of his brought India under direct threat from China," Singhal alleged at the valedictory function of the first Himalayan Cultural Parliament.
"Increased activities of the Maoists in Nepal and the country's northern borders is a testimony of Communist influence," he said.
Himalayan communities in Tibet, Kashmir, Nepal, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal are diverse societies and they need to unite to fight the problems faced from the Chinese, Islamic terrorists and Maoists, the VHP leader said.
"Powers trying to establish world supremacy are active in these regions," Singhal said.
"We can liberate Tibet and Pak-occupied-Kashmir if people unite against atrocities committed against them," he said.
Himalayan Kingdom's Prime Minister-in-exile Samdong Rinpoche recalled the day when Tibet was occupied by China and said the then Indian Ambassador to Beijing reportedly commented "Himalayans no longer exist."
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