Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP, from Mandi parliamentary constituency, Ramswaroop Sharma demanded Bharat Ratna for Nobel Peace laureate and Tibetan leader Dalai Lama.
Sharma was speaking as a chief guest
at
ceremony, to celebrate 28th anniversary
of conferment of Nobel Peace Prize on the Dalai Lama. The temporal head of Tibetan people was bestowed with Nobel Peace Prize on this day in 1989.
“I appeal to the Indian government to confer the Bharat Ratna on his holiness the Dalai Lama,” said Sharma, who is also a member of All Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet, led by Kangra MP and former chief minister Shanta Kumar.
Sharma also said that forum is also making efforts for inviting Dalai Lama to address a joint session of the Indian Parliament.
The celebration included cultural performances by the participants from Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts and Tibetan Children’s Villages.
