Govt refusing foreign media visit to Arunachal to cover Dalai Lama trip

ANI Tags : Union Government, foreign correspondents, Dalai Lama Posted: Friday , Nov 06, 2009 at 1211 hrs New Delhi:

Dalai Lama’s week-long visit to Arunachal, which starts from Nov 8, will take him to the ancient Tawang monastery.

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The Central Government has reportedly refused permission to foreign media to travel to Arunachal Pradesh to cover the proposed visit of the Dalai Lama.

The Union Government on Thursday revoked its earlier permission given to four foreign correspondents, besides cancelling fresh permits.

Earlier, fourteen Delhi-based foreign journalists and five others had sought permission to travel to Arunachal Pradesh to cover the visit. The Ministry of External Affairs said that these applications were being processed.

As per the rules, foreigners have to approach the MEA for Restricted Area Permit to travel to the state.

The Dalai Lama will be undertaking a week-long visit to Arunachal Pradesh, a visit over which China has raised strong objections.

During his visit, he is expected to visit the Tawang Monastery. He is also expected to inaugurate a super-specialty hospital.

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On October 19, the Arunchal Government's state reception committee had cleared the Dalai Lama's visit to the state.

Controversy arose over his visit, when China raised strong objections to it on grounds of Arunachal Pradesh being a disputed territory and the Dalai Lama being seen as a dissident and renegade leader.

New Delhi retaliated by saying that Arunachal Pradesh was an integrated part of India and that it saw the Dalai Lama as an honoured guest of the Indian Government. This view was conveyed by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, when he met his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Hua Hin, Thailand, last week.

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goenkaBy: vijay kumar | 07-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward Its most regreting that india goverment is neglecting the interest of north eastern states of india at the cost of the integrity and unity of the country.In 1962 india was defeted by china whom than govt. of india was treating as Big brother our late priminister Pt Nehru was so shocked and felt defeted that he had to declear in a radio broad cast that ASSAM IS IN DANGER WHICH resulted in exqueds of a large number of citizens to other states of India.China ius again playing a dirty game.And this time we the indians can teach it a good lesson by simply stop buying chiness products.Also we the patriot citizens of this great country should voluntarily not buy any made in china product.In my openion this will be a enough reply for CHINA .

This is the biggest mistake GOI is doingBy: L.C.Bilandani | 07-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward Not allowing foriegn media to cover Dalai Lama trip is the biggest mistake of our govt.It only goes on to show that the govt has not changed its mindset from the British rule yet.Britishers only put restrictions on Indians to visit other parts of country and our govt. has followed the same tradition as with civil servants.They dont have thier own mindset and will traverse the same path as Britishers.It is not only in Arunachal Pradesh the Indian nationals are restricted. A person who is non resident of Kashmir cannot buy property in Kashmir.Any logic? No. Similarly we Indians cannot visit Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh although these are our own states.Going to border may be a sensitive matter but what prevents govt in allowing visit to non border areas.Another funny thing,we cannot buy agriculture land though being Indian national, but have to prove his/her credentials to prove that he belonged to an agriculturist family.Is this not absurd.May God bless politicians who never think.

Shame!By: BP | 07-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward What a shame! Is Arunachal part of India or not? If so, why are our cowardly leaders preventing media from covering Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal pradesh? By doing so, aren't we sending the wrong signal to the chinese commies that would encourage them to get even bolder with their aggressive designs? Why are we being week-kneed and pandering to chinese ego?

India under the Congress is weak and has undermined Indian sovereigntyBy: S.Balakrishnan | 07-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward IF the Indian Government believes itself that it will keep Arunachal Pradesh as an Indian territory as the people of Arunachal Pradesh wants it to do then there is no reason for them to deny permits to anyone from visiting the state. I fear that the Indian Government will ultimately give away Arunachal Pradesh like it did our rights in Tibet on empty promise of respecting the autonomy of Tibetans. The Congress Government is weak when it comes to dealing with China or other outside countries but strong in suppressing opposition inside India and prevent Indians from visiting parts of India. I am afraid of India under these people who have managed to keep India as an underdog all these years when China leapfrogged over us despite all the advantage we had as a democracy. Now China is the supplier of every essential things in the west and is indispensable. China can easily take over Arunachal Pradesh and demand that the US acknoledge it as it will withdraw its dollar reserves.

Same as Kargil BlunderBy: Rohit | 06-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward If the Kargil war was telecasted by the foreign media, it would have been much shorter and the struggle to imlicate Pakistan as a terrorist state would have been easier. All the political leaders of the world know the situation in Arunachal Pradesh, India should let foreign media have a little presense in such matters.....globaly india can assert its opinion.

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