Dharamsala, December 17: Days after the Dalai Lama announced that he is contemplating retirement in the next six months, the exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama this week said the move does not mean he will dissociate himself from the Tibetan people's struggle for freedom
More than 99 per cent of Tibetans in and outside Tibet trust me, so I have the moral responsibility to serve them. My call for complete retirement does not mean that I will forget the Tibetan struggle," he told reporters on Tuesday (Dec 14) at Kalimpong in West Bengal.
I am a Tibetan and every Tibetan has the moral obligation to carry out the struggle," the 75-year-old Tibetan leader said, adding that to resolve the Tibet issue would remain his top priority.
The spiritual leader's statement came following reports of Tibetans living in Tibet expressing anxiety and confusion over his retirement plan, the Dalai Lama's office here reportedly said.
The Dalai Lama further said some Tibetans living inside Tibet expressed anxiety and confusion over his retirement plans.
I want to hand over the ceremonial role such as signing of legislatures and documents to the democratically elected leadership. And among some Tibetans inside Tibet are also little anxious and confused that the Dalai Lama is now no longer interested about the Tibetan struggle. No, it is not," he clarified.
The Nobel Peace Laureate had recently told a television channel that he would quit public life and hand over most of his political powers to the Tibetan prime minister-in-exile
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