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Two days after the Dalai Lama asserted that a Trust will have the sole authority to recognise his future reincarnation, the Centre on Friday said it doesn’t take any position or speak on matters concerning beliefs and practices of faith and religion but will continue to uphold freedom of religion.
The remarks came hours after Beijing objected to Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju’s assertion that the Dalai Lama should follow his own wishes, urging India to act cautiously on Tibet-related issues to avoid its impact on the improvement of bilateral relations.
On July 2, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, had announced that the “institution of the Dalai Lama will continue”. China, however, claimed that the Dalai Lama’s successor must receive its seal of approval. A day later, Rijiju endorsed the Dalai Lama’s decision, saying no one else but the Tibetan spiritual leader himself had the right to take the decision.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning, a...
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