<p>Shimla: Senior RSS leader <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/indresh-kumar">Indresh Kumar</a> has alleged that China is trying to dilute the identity of Buddhists in the Himalayan region, including Tibet, and undermine their culture.</p>.<p>Kumar claimed that after usurping Tibet, China is manoeuvring marriages of Chinese youth with Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhist girls to dilute their identity.</p>.<p>The senior <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rss">RSS</a> leader was interacting with mediapersons here following his four-day visit to the Buddhist-dominated tribal districts of Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur along the Chinese border.</p>.<p>He said China recently announced that it would name the successor of the Dalai Lama, which 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.</p>.Meghalaya murder | 'Women like Sonam product of RSS thought process': UP varsity professor triggers row.<p>Kumar said he visited Tibetan monasteries and localities and interacted with people, discussing developmental, religious and cultural issues, stressing the need to be aware of the challenges faced by them.</p>.<p>Calling upon Buddhists and Sanatani Hindus to stay together and thwart attempts to divide them, he said Christian missionaries are also engineering conversions through service and education.</p>.<p>Tibetans and Hindus must be made aware that conversion means change of identity, Kumar said.</p>.<p>The government of India has launched several schemes for the overall development of the border areas, and the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh should implement the Centrally-sponsored schemes for faster development of these areas, the RSS leader added.</p>
<p>Shimla: Senior RSS leader <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/indresh-kumar">Indresh Kumar</a> has alleged that China is trying to dilute the identity of Buddhists in the Himalayan region, including Tibet, and undermine their culture.</p>.<p>Kumar claimed that after usurping Tibet, China is manoeuvring marriages of Chinese youth with Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhist girls to dilute their identity.</p>.<p>The senior <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rss">RSS</a> leader was interacting with mediapersons here following his four-day visit to the Buddhist-dominated tribal districts of Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur along the Chinese border.</p>.<p>He said China recently announced that it would name the successor of the Dalai Lama, which 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.</p>.Meghalaya murder | 'Women like Sonam product of RSS thought process': UP varsity professor triggers row.<p>Kumar said he visited Tibetan monasteries and localities and interacted with people, discussing developmental, religious and cultural issues, stressing the need to be aware of the challenges faced by them.</p>.<p>Calling upon Buddhists and Sanatani Hindus to stay together and thwart attempts to divide them, he said Christian missionaries are also engineering conversions through service and education.</p>.<p>Tibetans and Hindus must be made aware that conversion means change of identity, Kumar said.</p>.<p>The government of India has launched several schemes for the overall development of the border areas, and the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh should implement the Centrally-sponsored schemes for faster development of these areas, the RSS leader added.</p>