Dharamshala, 2nd January: According to the CTA, the growing support for Tibet’s independence has intimidated China,” in response to reports that the Chinese Embassy in India wrote to MPs who attended a meeting of the All-Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet on December 22. The Government in exile said in a statement that it openly welcomes talks with China about Tibet’s future.

According to a statement released on Friday, “By sending the letters to honourable members of the Indian Parliament, it becomes evident that China is intimidated by the growing support for the Tibet movement around the world. The leaders of free countries have all their rights and responsibilities to support the just cause of Tibet and we vehemently condemn this move by China,”

The All-Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet (APIPFT) was re-established under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who had been a member of the organization when it was founded by a famous lawyer and former minister M.C. Chagla in the 1970s.

According to Tibetan sources, the APIPFT went dormant after 2011 and was resurrected in December 2014 under former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Shanta Kumar’s guidance. The core committee of APIPFT included as many as 33 MPs.

The meeting on December 22 was called to chart a course forward following Mr. Kumar’s retirement from active politics in 2019 and the vacancy in the position of Convenor of the Forum. Sujeet Kumar of the Biju Janata Dal was unanimously elected as the APIPFT Convenor during the dinner reception.

Others who attended the meeting were Congress MP Jairam Ramesh and Rajeev Chandrashekhar, India’s Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, as well as Rajeev Chandrashekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology.

The “Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile” formally known as CTA, declared itself the only legitimate representative of Tibet and Tibetans around the world and stated that it welcomes an equal and non-conditional negotiation with the Chinese government about Tibet’s future.

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