India expands safety cowl of Dalai Lama amid succession push by Beijing

The Indian authorities on Thursday (February 13) expanded the safety cowl of exiled Tibetan religious chief the Dalai Lama, citing elevated risk notion.

Based on media studies, the Central Reserve Police Pressure (CRPF) of India will now take over the Dalai Lama’s safety from the Himachal Pradesh state police.

The CRPF will now shield the Tibetan chief round the clock below Z-category protocol, together with at his residence in Dharamshala in addition to throughout his go to to different states and cities.

Safety beforehand elevated in 2020

The Dalai Lama’s safety was earlier ramped up in 2020 after a Chinese language spy was arrested in India. The spy, recognized as Charlie Peng, was reportedly tasked with gathering data on the religious chief, his aides and had additionally bribed some people for a similar.

It’s to be famous that the CRPF at present gives safety cowl to prime politicians in India, together with the house minister Amit Shah, the chief of the ruling BJP get together, key opposition leaders in addition to prime enterprise leaders. The safety is offered below a number of protocols outlined as classes Z+, Z, Y, Y+ and X.

Stress from China

Whereas the Indian authorities haven’t mentioned a phrase on latest risk notion to the Dalai Lama, the transfer to increase his safety cowl comes amid rising strain from Beijing over the problem of succession.

Every Dalai Lama is taken into account to be the reincarnation of the primary one and the present Dalai Lama is the 14th within the line. Whereas the Dalai Lama maintains that solely he has the authority to establish his successor, Beijing insists that it’s going to determine on the matter.

Earlier this week,
Chinese language Overseas Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun mentioned that China was open to talks about the way forward for the Dalai Lama so long as he abandons his place of splitting the “motherland”.

China continues to label the Dalai Lama as a separatist chief even because the government-in-exile has lengthy relinquished the demand of a separate homeland.

There are studies that the problem of succession would possibly get some readability in 2025 because the Dalai Lama has beforehand mentioned that his successor shall be reincarnated across the time of his ninetieth birthday, which falls in July this 12 months.

(With inputs from companies)