The sensitive situation in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang took a new twist on Friday. Guru Tuklu Rinpoche, aide of Dalai Lama and the Abbot of the famous 400-year-old Galden Namgey Lhatse, has tendered his resignation to the 14th Dalai Lama, after a section of monks led by Lama Lobsang Gyasto accused him of trying to derail the anti-big dam movement at the behest of hydropower developers.
“Rinpoche has tendered his resignation to the 14th Dalai Lama,” sources from the monastery said. Rinpoche has been heading the monastery since 2008. His resignation comes after two anti-big dam protesters were killed in police firing in Tawang on May 2.
One of them was a Buddhist monk. The Save Mon Region Federation led by Gyasto has been spearheading a massive anti-big dam movement in Tawang bordering China.
Rinpoche was known to have soft stand against hydropower dams and had earlier spoken against Gyasto. A section of the monks also supported Gyasto.
Published 13 May 2016, 19:13 IST