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A section within the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s mentor Sangh Parivar wants the government to send out a strong message to China by conferring India’s highest civilian award – Bharat Ratna – on Dalai Lama, the octogenarian icon of the protest against the communist country’s occupation of Tibet. The proposal to confer the Bharat Ratna on Dalai Lama is being vetted at the highest echelons of the government. A section within the officialdom in New Delhi is in favour of giving it a thought, particularly in view of China’s recent aggression along the disputed boundary with India. The others, however,...
