Forum of Indian lawmakers rally for nation’s highest civilian honour for Dalai Lama

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(TibetanReview.net, Jul07’25) – A cross-party forum of Indian Members of Parliament has passed a resolution, urging the government to confer the nation’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, on His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and invite him to address a joint sitting of Parliament as he marked his 90th birthday on Jul 6.

The All-Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet (APIPFT), which includes MPs from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Janata Dal (United), and others adopted the resolutions during its second meeting this month, reported the timesofindia.com Jul 6.

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