By IRNA
New Delhi : In reply to the midst of China`s charge that Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama was inciting violence in Tibet, India on Monday said he should not to do anything while being in this country which could harm its diplomatic relations with China.
“The Dalai Lama can stay here as India`s guest but he should not do anything that harms India`s diplomatic ties with China. There has been no change in this policy formulated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru,” Mukhejee Monday said after inaugurating a college at Aurangabad in Murshidabad district, zeenews portal reported here.
Asked for his reaction on former Defence Minister George Fernandes` remarks on India`s response to Chinese crackdown on protestors in Tibet, Mukherjee said though he spoke against China now, he had visited the country during his tenure as Defence Minister.
“Tibet is an autonomous region of china,” he said.
Meanwhile, Tibetan exile groups staged another spirited anti- Chinese demonstration here Monday, but the most radical among them have quietly called off a controversial march into Tibet, apparently heeding requests from their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
Several hundred protesters marked the arrival of the Olympic torch in Beijing by dressing in black and staging a bloody tableau of Chinese atrocities on Tibetans.
They carried a box with a petition calling on Beijing to show restraint and allow an international fact-finding mission into Tibet.
They said the petition had been signed by 1.5 million people around the world.
Later in the day, they were allowed to go to the gates of the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, where a security guard received a copy of the petition.
Earlier this month, several protesters were arrested after scaling the walls of the embassy and causing considerable embarrassment to the Indian authorities.
Meanwhile, in Nepal, where police have forcefully cracked down on Tibetan protests, hundreds of demonstrators split into small groups on Monday and tried to storm a Chinese consular office from different directions in the capital, Katmandu.
India continues to be in the eye of the Tibet storm.
It shelters about 100,000 Tibetan refugees and allows the Dalai Lama to in effect run an administration from Dharamsala.
New Delhi does not formally recognize his government-in-exile but describes him as a guest in India.
New Delhi says it does not allow anti-Chinese agitation on its soil, and has fortified security around the Chinese mission here at Beijing’s request.
Its latest diplomatic dance has revealed just how challenging.
One of its senior ministers has canceled a scheduled trip to China, while the Indian vice president earlier canceled a meeting with the Dalai Lama.
Indian Home Ministry officials met on Monday to discuss security for the arrival of the Olympic torch in India in two weeks.
Tibetan protesters have appealed to Indian celebrities, including the actor Aamir Khan, not to participate in the Olympic torch ceremony.