Dharamshala Tibetans head to polls to elect settlement officer

11 months ago

Tsering Dhundup

DHARAMSHALA, May 20: Tibetans in Dharamshala exercised their democratic rights on Tuesday as they head to polling stations for the preliminary elections to select their Tibetan Settlement Officer (TSO), the highest public office in the cluster community of Tibetan residents of Dharamshala.

The election took place across 13 polling stations, covering a constituency that extends from TCV Upper Dharamshala to Gopalpur. The Tibetan Settlement Office Dharamshala operates as a unit under Central Tibetan Administration’s Department of Home, serving the socio-economic welfare of Tibetan refugees in...

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