Stressing on the need to provide basic amenities to Tibetan refugees in India, J P Sharma, Delhi-based Supreme Court Advocate said during his speech on ‘National security and human rights’ organised at Bar Association in the premises of Mysore Court on Wednesday. He said setting up of more Tibet Support Groups (TSG) could also help the situation.
Sharma said the lawyers had the responsibility of ensuring and protecting the fundamental rights of people in India and the stark contradiction to the present scenario of Bar councils mostly unconcerned about the National Security.
He said that though the Indian government had taken steps to solve this problem, but a lot was left to be done.
“Though there are presently more than 7 lakhs Tibetan refugees here in India, they have still not been given political asylum by our government since 1959, when they took refuge here in India” he said.  Tibet, though in exile, is a country worthy of appreciation, as it has its own parliament with parliamentary proceedings and democratic government.
Majority of the Tibetans in India, numbering nearly 20,000 to 25,000 are inhabitants of Karnataka State. Every day the Indian government is spending nearly Rs 2,000 crores on the soldiers positioned on the Indo-Tibet  border.
First Additional District Magistrate Hiremath, President of Mysore Bar Association Lakshme Gowda, Member of the Bar Council C M Jagadish, Joint Secretary of ITFS Javare Gowda, Cordinator of ITFS Devaiah and others were also present on the occasion.