Immediate release
INDIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS SUPPORT TIBET
EVER SINCE THE INVASION OF TIBET BY THE RED CHINA, TIBETANS INSIDE OCCUPIED TIBET AND THE TIBETANS OUTSIDE TIBET ARE CONTINUOUSLY STRUGGLING TO REGAIN THE INDEPENDENCE OF TIBET. IN THIS DIFFICULT PERIOD IN OUR HISTORY, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS CONTINUOUSLY SUPPORTED US IN RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE TIBETAN REFUGEES, SETTING UP SCHOOLS, AND OFFERING OTHER NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURES FOR THE TIBETANS COMMUNITY. WE, THEREFORE, CAN NOT REMAIN BEING GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
IN THE EARLY PERIOD OF OUR STRUGGLE, DIFFERENT INDIAN LEADERS LIKE PANDIT NEHRU, SARDAR B. PATEL, JAYA PRAKASH NARAYAN, DR. RAJENDRA PRASAD, DR. RAM MANOHAR LOHIYA, LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI, GEORGE FERNANDEZ AND MANY OTHERS FROM ACROSS THE BOARD COMPRISING DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTIES SUPPORTED US. MANY OF THE CURRENT POLITICAL LEADERS RAISE AND SUPPORT THE ISSUE OF TIBET IN DIFFERENT FORA. MEMBERS OF THE INDIAN PARLIAMENT HAVE TIME AND AGAIN SUPPORTED US BY RAISING THE ISSUE OF TIBETAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE IN PARLIAMENT. THIS EXPRESSION HAS ALSO BEEN MADE IN THE FORM OF PETITIONS SIGNED BY INDIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS IN THE PAST INITIATED BY TIBETAN YOUTH CONGRESS (TYC).
THIS YEAR TOO THE TIBETAN YOUTH CONGRESS HAS INITIATED A SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN IN SUPPORT OF THE TIBETAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE AMONG THE PARLIAMENTARIANS OF THE 11TH LOK SABHA AND RAJYA SABHA. ONE HUNDRED FIFTY PARLIAMENTARIANS FROM DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTIES SUPPORTED THE PETITION. THIS IS A CLEAR INDICATION THAT INDIAN LEADERS ARE EARNESTLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ISSUE AND IT'S IMPACT ON INDIAN SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT AND POLITY. WE APPRECIATE ALL THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE TIBETAN STRUGGLE.
AT THE SAME TIME I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THAT WHEN TIBET WAS BEING INVADED BY CHINA AND THE CHINESE ARMY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF ENCROACHING THE TIBETAN BORDER, THE THEN SOVEREIGN AND INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT OF TIBET- GADEN PHODRANG - HAS DULY APPLIED FOR THE ASSISTANCE AND INTERVENTION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION ( U.N.O) AT THAT TIME THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN PREVAILED UPON U.N.O. NOT TO TAKE UP THE MATTER SINCE A PEACEFUL SOLUTION BETWEEN TIBET AND CHINA IS ON THE OFFING.
I, THEREFORE, FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE DO HAVE A DUTY TO SUPPORT THE STRUGGLING TIBETANS UNTIL and UNLESS THE TIBETAN ISSUE IS RESOLVED PREFERABLY BY PEACEFUL MEANS. THIS REMAINS PART OF THEIR HISTORICAL COMMITMENT. I ON BEHALF OF THE TIBETAN YOUTH CONGRESS HOPE THAT INDIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE WILL FULLY HONOR THIS COMMITMENT.
TSETAN NORBU, PRESIDENT
TIBETAN YOUTH CONGRESS
CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, DHARAMSALA, INDIA
DECEMBER 4TH,1997
List of the members of Parliament, who supported the Tibetan cause.
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Sl.No. Name Party
1. Shri. P. Namgyal Congress I
2. Shri. Mangat Ram Sharma Congress I
3. Shri. Sushil Barongpa Congress I
4. Shri. G.M.Magami Congress I
5. Shri. Santosh Mohan Dev Congress I
6. Shri. K.S.R. Murthy Congress I
7. Shri. Dutta Raghobaji Maghe Congress I
8. Smt. Mamta Banerjee Congress I
9. Shri. Krishna Bose Congress I
10. Shri. Anari Charan Sahu Congress I
11. Shri. Mullappally Ram Chandran Congress I
12. Shri. K. Pradhani Congress I
13. Shri. J.P. Agrawal Congress I
14. Shri. Gulam Rasoolkar Congress I
15. Shri. Ballab Panigrahi Congress I
16. Shri. G. A. Charan Reddy Congress I
17. Shri. Frida Topno Congress I
18. Shri. Nandi Yelliah Congress I
19. Shri. P.S. Ghatowar Congress I
20. Shri. Mrutyunjaya Nayak Congress I
21. Shri. Rajesh Singh Congress I
22. Shri. R.Ratna Singh Congress I
23. Shri. P.C. Chacko Congress I
24. Shri. Giridhar Gamang Congress I
25. Shri. Subharami Reddy Congress I
26. Shri. Oskar Fernandes Congress I
27. Shri. Bijoy Handique Congress I
28. Shri. V. Pradeep Kumar Congress I
29. Shri. S.R. Chaudary Congress I
30. Shri. Sandipan Thorat Congress I
31. Shri. Sushila Triya Congress I
32. Shri. Radha Krishna Malaviya Congress I
33. Shri. Manik Rao Gavit Congress I
34. Shri. Lakshman Singh Congress I
35. Shri. G. Venkat Congress I
36. Shri. P.R.Das Munshi Congress I
37. Shri. Ram Murthy Singh Verma Congress I
38. Shri. Magand Ram Sharma Congress I
39. Shri. Vijayandi Mala Bhali Congress I
40. Shri. G. Venkat Swami Congress I
41. Shri. Ajit Jogi Congress I
42. Shri. Sukhdev Paswan Janata Dal
43. Shri. Surendra Yadav Janata Dal
44. Shri. Naval Kishav Rai Janata Dal
45. Shri. Ajit Kumar Mehta Janata Dal
46. Shri. Ram Kripal Yadav Janata Dal
47. Shri. Virendra Kumar Singh Janata Dal
48. Shri. Davendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
49. Shri. Thawar Chand Gehlot BJP
50. Dr. Ram Krishan Kusmaria BJP
51. Shri. Punnu Lal Mohale BJP
52. Shri. Ram Lakhan Singh BJP
53. Shri. Ashok Sharma BJP
54. Shri. Chandhu Bai Deshmukh BJP
55. Shri. N.H. Diwathe BJP
56. Shri. Prahlad Singh Patel BJP
57. Shri. P.M. Tripathi BJP
58. Shri. Vaidhya Dan Dayal Joshi BJP
59. Smt. Bhavana Chikhalia BJP
60. Smt. Nand Kumar Sai BJP
61. Shri. Rajni Patel BJP
62. Shri. Sartaj Singh BJP
63. Shri. Chaman Lal Gupta BJP
64. Shri. Santosh Kumar Gangowal BJP
65. Shri. Jagath Vir Singh Drona BJP
66. Shri. Jaswant Singh BJP
67. Shri. R.L.P.Verma BJP
68. Shri. K.L. Sharma BJP
69. Shri. Sohan Veer Singh BJP
70. Shri. Chaman Lal Gupta BJP
71. Shri. Satya Dev Singh BJP
72. Shri. Santosh Gangawar BJP
73. shri. Ram Jal Chaudary BJP
74. Shri. Chitrasan Sinku BJP
75. Km.. Shushma Swaraj BJP
76. Shri. G.L. Kanaujia BJP
77. Shri. B.S. Rawat BJP
78. Shri. R.D. Swami BJP
79. Shri. R.P. Rudy BJP
80. Shri. Mahaswari Singh BJP
81. Shri. Banwarilal Prohit BJP
82. Shri. K.R. Malkani BJP
83. Shri. Anand D. Dave BJP
84. Km. Uma Bharti BJP
85. Shri. Manoj Kumar Singha BJP
86. Shri. Mahendra Singh Bhati BJP
87. Shri. Nihal Chand BJP
88. Shri. Ram Chauhan BJP
89. Shri. Rajiv Pratap BJP
90. Shri. Devi Bux Singh BJP
91. Shri. Phakhan Singh Kuleste BJP
92. Shri. Virendra Kumar BJP
93. Shri. Divendra Bhadur Roy BJP
94. Shri. Ram Vilas Vedhuti BJP
95. Shri. Dada Baburao Pranjpe BJP
96. Shri. Patma Sen Chaudhary BJP
97. Shri. Amrit Lal Bharti BJP
98 Shri. Kamal Ram BJP
99. Smt. Ketaki Devi Singh BJP
100. Shri. Anand Kumar BJP
101. Shri. Chattar Singh Darbar BJP
102. Shri. Bim Rao V. Dadade BJP
103. Shri. Sham Lal BJP
104. Shri. Chandra Bushan Singh BJP
105. Shri. Ram Singh Rawat BJP
106. Shri. Vidhaya Sagar Somkar BJP
107. Shri. Raj Keshar Singh BJP
108. Shri. Reet Lal Prasad Verma BJP
109. Shri. Ashok Argal BJP
110. Prof. Ompal Singh Nedar BJP
111. Shri. Subash Chandra Bhadriya BJP
112. Shri. Krishan Lal Dillar BJP
113. Shri. G.Malikarjunappa BJP
114. Shri. Rajendra Singh Rana BJP
115. Shri. Ram Chandra BJP
116. Smt. Kamla Verma BJP
117. Shri. G.L. Kanuajaya BJP
118. Shri. Nand Kumar Singh Chohan BJP
119. Shri. Madhukar Sarpotdar Shiv Sena
120 Shri. Anand Gangaram Geette TMC
121. Shri. R. Devdas TMC(M)
122. Shri. P.M. Siva DMK
123. Shri Major Singh Uboke SAD
124. Shri. Nitish Kumar Samata Party
125. Shri. Mahendra Baitha Samata Party
126. Shri George Fernandes Samata Party
127. Shri. Anand Mohan Samata Party
128. Shri. Madhukar Degey Samaj Wadi
129. Shri. Shafiqur Raman Barg Samaj Wadi
130. Shri. Harivansh Sahay Samaj Wadi
131. Shri. Kanwar Sarvaraj Singh Samaj Wadi
132. Shri. Ram Sagar Samaj Wadi
133. Shri. Brij Bushan Tiwari Samaj Wadi
134. Shri. Bhakta Charan Das Samaj Wadi
135. Shri. Ram Singh Shakya SAP
136. Shri. Madhukar Ragunath Sarpothdar S.S
137. Shri. Prakash Vishwanath Pranjpe S.S
138. Shri. Suresh R.Jadhav S.S
139. Shri. Narayan G.Athwalay S.S
140. Shri. Suresh Prabhu S.S
141. Shri. O.P.Jindal H.V.P.
142. Dr. Bali Ram B.S.P
143. Shri. Naresh Yadav Janata Dal
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