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In a significant development the Indian public has given a tight backslap to the panda huggers of the MEA who sought to show the Tibetan refugee community their place in India as mere “guests” who in their opinion should refrain from protesting the brutal occupation of their country by the Chinese, by coming out onto the streets to support their “guests” of 50 years in their movement for justice and freedom and thereby showing starkly how out of touch with reality and national sentiment this dinosaur of a ministry of the Indian govt really is.

Local Indians living in and around Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday extended their moral and political support to Tibetan refugees living in their area for the last 49 years under the leadership of the Dalai Lama

Talking to rediff.com, Prem Sagar of Himalaya Pariwar said, “We want to express our solidarity with Tibetan community. We believe that the philosophy of the Dalai Lama is admirable. His solution for Tibet known as ‘middle path approach’ is the right solution and is workable”.

According to him, local businessmen’s organisations, taxmen’s union, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh-backed Bharat-Tibet Sahyong Manch, Indo-Tibet Friendship Society and many other local outfits have joined the Tibetan refugees, who are protesting the Chinese government’s repressive policy against Tibetan protestors in Lhasa.

Indians and Tibetans took out a huge rally in Dharamshala. Shops and bazaars of the entire area remained closed to express solidarity towards Tibetans.[link]