Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Indian RAW instigating trouble in Tibet

Many Hindus claim that according to the tenants of Hinduism, Buddha was part of the Hindu “dharma” and a Hindu God. By this religious logic, all those Buddhists who do not accept Hindusim as the overarching “Dharam” can be the equivalent of heretics in the Judeo-Christian paradigm. Therefore many Indians think that all of Tibet should be part of India–and more. Bharat is supposed to extend from Kabul to Raj Kumari to Bali in Indonesia.

Publicly the face of Indo-Chinese relationship has publicly declared that Tibet was a part of China in 1993:

The India-China (Panchsheel) Agreement on Tibet signed on April 29, 1954, had referred to Tibet as the “Tibet region of China”. Thereafter, when the then Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi visited China, a Sino-Indian joint press communique issued on December 23, 1988, said that “Tibet is an autonomous region of China”. It said, “The Indian side reiterated the long-standing and consistent policy of the government of India that Tibet is an autonomous region of China and that anti-China political activities by Tibetan elements are not permitted on Indian soil.”
A joint declaration signed by the two prime ministers says, “The Indian side recognizes that the Tibet Autonomous Region is part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China and reiterates that it does not allow Tibetans to engage in anti-China political activities in India. The Chinese side expresses its appreciation for the Indian position and reiterates that it is firmly opposed to any attempt and action aimed at splitting China and bringing about independence of Tibet. The Indian side recalled that India was among the first countries to recognize that there is one China and its one China policy remains unaltered.”

Discreetly RAW (India’s secret service: Research and Analysis Wing) has been instigating trouble in Tibet since the early 40s right after the British left. Publicly, the Indian government regards Tibet as an integral part of China. But in popular parlance and in many of its actions, it does not behave as if Tibet is a part of China. For example, the Indian government raised in the 1980s a highly paid special service unit, a 8,000-strong commando group of Tibetans, who woke up every morning in the special camps with cries of “Long live the Dalai Lama. We shall liberate Tibet”. This commando group is still under the active supervision of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and the Cabinet Secretariat.

If India regards Tibet as part of China, then why is there a need to maintain such a special group? Why not instead a regular Army unit with contingency plans?

World community must understand that there is a clear duplicity and double standard in Indian policy towards Tibet which is part of its plan to destabilize China.

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