[Assam] Arunachal MP slams UPA on Tibet issue

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

Arunachal MP slams UPA on Tibet issue    
   
   Khiren Rijiju, MP from Arunachal Prdaesh addressing the media people in a press meet about the recent development in the China, Tibet at Guwahati Circuit House in Guwahati on March 26. (UB Photos) 
   
  
  Guwahati | March 26: Lok Sabha MP from Arunachal Pradesh Kiren Rijiju has condemned the UPA government’s stand on the Tibet issue and said that he and 48 other MPs of the Lok Sabha sent a memorandum to the international community like the UN and the EU seeking to exert pressure on the Chinese government to stop the violence in Tibet.
  
 “We have been bullied by the Chinese government since ages and India is behaving like a small tiny nation,” said Rijiju who is currently in Assam while adding that India should take a strong stand as the crisis in Tibet is not the internal issue of China or Tibet. “I on behalf of the party convinced 48 MPs of the Lok Sabha and sent an appeal to the UN, the EU and other international communities seeking that international pressure should be exerted on China so that the crisis in Tibet could be stopped,” said Rijiju who is also heading the All India Parliamentarian Forum on Tibet. 
  
“Our party also believes that the country should have normal relations with China particularly when our economy is growing. But it is a fact that we are affected by the crisis. Dalai Lama is in Dharamsala and there are thousands of Tibetans living in India. We want them to go back to Tibet safely,” said Rijiju.
  
The BJP MP came to Assam as the party has assigned him to strengthen the party’s base in three Lok Sabha seats —Guwahati, Karimganj and Silchar ahead of the next Lok Sabhapolls. “The Lok Sabha polls could be any time. The BJP is ready for the polls. I have visited the places — Guwahati, Karimganj and Silchar and could sense that the people of Assam are now feeling that time have come to give a chance to the BJP,” said the MP while adding that precaution would be taken to avoid the miscalculations of last Lok Sabha Polls. “The Congress government in Assam has not taken up any effort on the issue of infiltration. 
  
The state government is responsible for everything and this time they (Congress government) would not have the opportunity to blame the Centre as the same party is leading the UPA coalition,” he said. The BJP has always done well in Lok Sabha polls and the party had in the past won 290 seats more than one time. “We are sure to do well in the next Lok Sabha polls as well and we have started the preparations early,” he added.


       
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