Indresh Kumar, Akhil Bhartiya Karkarini Sadasya of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on June 14 stated that the launch of tourism activities at Shipki-La mountain pass on the India-Tibet border would bring prosperity to Himachal Pradesh.
He also asserted that such initiatives would reaffirm India’s sovereignty over its border areas.
“The launch of the tourism activities at the Shipki-La mountain pass on the India-Tibet border would bring prosperity to the state. When people of the nation go there, they will know that the border is ours and the border on the other side is not China’s. It belongs to Tibet, and China has illegally occupied it. This will lead to a movement against China and a commitment for every inch of the country’s land. We need to strengthen our border areas…” Indresh Kumar said.
Notably, on June 10, the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, launched border tourism activities from the Shipki-La pass located in the tribal Kinnaur district along the Indo-Tibet-China border.
Addressing a press conference in Shimla, Indresh Kumar further said, “One should wait patiently. It is possible that the India-Pakistan border may shift deep into Pakistan—from the Rann of Kutch and Ladakh regions.”
He said territories such as Sindh, Balochistan, Pakhtunistan, and Gilgit-Baltistan—currently under Pakistan’s control or part of Pakistan-occupied J&K —might rebel against Pakistan, seeking either independence or integration with India.
He claimed that various regions within Pakistan are already in revolt. “Punjabi Pakistan rejects its current political system. PoJK seeks merger with India, Balochistan wants total independence, Sindh is split between calls for autonomy and integration with India, and the status of Pakhtunistan remains uncertain,” he said.
He further said that after usurping Tibet, China is maneuvering marriages of Chinese youth with Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhist girls to dilute their identity.
China recently announced that it would name the successor of the Dalai Lama and added that it must be vociferously opposed to send a clear message that Tibetans and Buddhists elsewhere would not tolerate any interference in their religious and spiritual matters, he said.
Indresh Kumar said that he visited Tibetan monasteries and localities and interacted with people. He said that he held discussions with them regarding developmental, religious and cultural issues and stressed the need to be aware of challenges faced by them.
Calling upon Buddhists and Sanatanis to stay together and thwart attempts to divide them, he said that Christian missionaries are also engineering conversions through service and education.
