Asked to comment on the observation made by George Fernandes that the NDA Government had committed an error by recognising Tibet as a part of China, Singh said New Delhi had accepted this position in 1953 itself, during the prime ministership of Jawaharlal Nehru. “The Vajpayee Government did not commit any mistake on the issue,” he said. “It was Nehru who made a mistake on Tibet in 1953, and the successive governments have been following it,” he added.