Indian parliamentary committee for SC-ST welfare convenes two-days meeting in Dharamshala, meets Dalai Lama

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Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 6 (ANI): 18 members of the Indian parliament (including 12 from Lok Sabha and 6 from Rajya Sabha) of the parliamentary committee on the welfare of scheduled caste and scheduled tribes along with their family members and officers of the parliamentary committee and other officials came here to attend a 2-day meeting in Dharamshala for June 5 and 6.

The delegation, led by chairman Dr Faggan Singh Kulaste, a Lok Sabha member, is here for a meeting with various stakeholders. The Indian parliamentarians also met with the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. Some members met the Dalai Lama on Thursday, and a few met him on Friday.

While interacting with the delegation, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said, “Honoured and happy meeting with this big delegation. We consider India to be truly our father’s land…We are followers of Buddha, and one institution in India–Nalanda- we study Nalanda’s thoughts. So when I visited Nal...

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