China dilutes Himalayan Buddhists’ identity manoeuvring marriages: RSS

Shimla: Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar has alleged that China is trying to dilute the identity of Buddhists in the Himalayan region, including Tibet, and undermine their culture. Kumar claimed that after usurping Tibet, China is manoeuvring marriages of Chinese youth with Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhist girls to dilute their identity, PTI reported.

The senior RSS leader was interacting with media persons here following his four-day visit to the Buddhist-dominated tribal districts of Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur along the Chinese border.

He said China recently announced that it would name the successor of the Dalai Lama, which must be vociferously opposed to send a clear message that Tibetans and Buddhists elsewhere would not tolerate any interference in their religious and spiritual matters.

Kumar said he visited Tibetan monasteries and localities and interacted with people, discussing developmental, religious, and cultural issues, stressing the need to be aware of the challenges they face.

Calling upon Buddhists and Sanatani Hindus to stay together and thwart attempts to divide them, he said Christian missionaries are also engineering conversions through service and education. Tibetans and Hindus must be made aware that conversion means a change of identity, Kumar claimed.

The government of India has launched several schemes for the overall development of the border areas, and the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh should implement the Centrally-sponsored schemes for faster development of these areas, the RSS leader demanded.