DALAI LAMA’S INDIA VISIT ON JULY 14 BRISTLES CHINA

(The Quiver) : The Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is first time visiting to the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh during July 14-15, after Covid-19 pandemic probably after 2 years .

His visit to India did not well with China as Beijing on Thursday criticised PM Narendra Modi for greeting the Dalai Lama on his 87th birthday and said New Delhi should stop using Tibet-related issues to interfere in China’s “internal affairs”.

People familiar with developments said the Dalai Lama, who has been largely closeted in Dharamshala for the past two years because of the pandemic, is expected to be in Jammu on July 14 and in Ladakh the following day.

Dalai Lama is visiting India at times of military standoff between India and China in Ladakh sector of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), with both sides arraying more than 50,000 troops each in the region. China usually bristles at any visits by the Tibetan leader to regions such as Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh, where it claims territory on the Indian side of the LAC.