PM Modi’s Call to Dalai Lama is a Message to China on Succession Issue – The Quint

Ironically, it is China who helped Delhi come out of its torpor. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) advanced in several areas in Ladakh in May 2020, at a time when India was struggling with the Wuhan virus (should we not correct this to coronavirus? this seems racist), widely acknowledged to have originated in the mega city, which had witnessed the ‘Consensus’ less than two years ago.

It was a big shock for most of the ‘China experts’ in India, who for years banked on a great (not to say eternal) friendship with communist China.

In a way, this phone call rebalances India’s China Policy (if there was ever one) at a time Beijing is preparing for the post-Dalai Lama era by putting in place strict ‘regulations’ to be able to decide who will be the 15th Dalai Lama (preferably from a good Communist family).

Interestingly, Radio Free Asia (Chinese broadcast) recently reported: “Just as the CCP’s centennial celebration ceremony are about to start, the CCP imposed regulations on Tibetan Communist Party members for their religious behaviour. [Since April] …all learning materials for Party members and cadres …need to adhere to atheist norms. …Party members and cadres should not believe in religion, to participate in religious activities, [they should] not spread or promote religion, [they should] not provide support for religious activities …without authorisation [of the Party].”

Isn’t it amazing? The Party does not believe in religion, but simultaneously wants to select and impose its own Dalai Lama.


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