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Nepal rub salt on Tibetan wounds on Dalai Lama's birthday



Kathmandu, July 6 (IANS) Nepal's new government has rubbed salt on the wounds of Tibetans on the eve of the birthday of the Dalai Lama, wooing Chinese tourists to the country as a Buddhist destination while refusing to register the exiled leader's closed office as an NGO or issue exit passes to Tibetans fleeing China to study Buddhism abroad.

On Wednesday, a day before the Dalai Lama's 71st birthday, Nepal's ministry of culture, tourism and civil aviation and Nepal Tourism Board organised a meet in Beijing attended by over 140 tour operators, to promote Nepal as a Buddhist pilgrimage destination.

However, on Thursday, a ban remained in place on public celebrations of the Dalai Lama's birthday in Kathmandu, a curb that became stringent after King Gyanendra started controlling the government. In January 2005, a month before he assumed direct control of the government through a coup, the king also ordered the closure of the office of the Dalai Lama's representative here.

The royal regime supported the 'One China' policy formulated by Beijing, that considers Tibet, annexed in 1949-50, and Taiwan to be inalienable parts of China.

Though the Tibetan diaspora tried to get the office registered as an NGO, the royalist government kept it on hold.

Even after a multi-party government came to power following the king's ouster in April this year and pledged to uphold democratic values, it is yet to allow the Tibetan NGO to start.

Also, continuing the policy of the royalist regime, the new government is yet to allow exit passes to Tibetans who escape from China and want to proceed to third countries, either to attend the Dalai Lama's teachings or undertake religious studies since communist China frowns on both.

Neither is the new government of Nepal allowing Tibetan refugees stationed here to register their marriages or the birth of children.

The Dalai Lama, arguably the most famous Buddhists alive, has never been invited to the Buddhist conventions organised by Nepal.



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