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Dalai Lama threatens to quit if Tibet struggle turns violent
Published on Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 16:26, Updated at Tue, Mar 18, 2008 in World section
Tags: China, Tibet , Dharamshala
NO TO VIOLENCE: The Dalai Lama rejects Beijing's allegations that he was behind the violence in Lhasa.
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Dharamshala: The Dalai Lama on Tuesday said he will step down as Tibet's spiritual leader if the situation in Lhasa got out of control. "If Tibetans choose violence in their agitation, I shall resign from the leadership," the 73-year-old monk told reporters here.
He said during "the 1987-88 agitation also, I had stated that if Tibetan people adopt violence, then I shall not be in a position to lead them and that there shall be no other alternative for me but to resign."
"Today also I say that if Tibetans choose violence then the only option is to resign," he said.
The Dalai Lama, who rejected Beijing's allegations that he was behind the violence in Lhasa and neighbouring provinces, said he was not in a position to tell Tibetans living under Chinese rule as to what they should or they should not do.
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Tibet issue as claims by many, being the internal issue of China. We are never be part of China at
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Yes Right...Daklai lama diluted the stand from independence to autonomy. There is a thin line between patience and cowardice. When
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