Congress Supported Dalai Lama

Vijyender Sharma

SHIMLA----Expressing their support for a statement made by Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama that the results of the recently conducted Bihar assembly elections had shown that 'a majority of Hindus believed in religious harmony', State Spokesperson of himachal Pardesh Congress committee ,Deepak Sharma  said that Dalai Lama's statement shows that peace has won in Bihar. While addressing the media persons here today, he said, "Dalai Lama is both a religion and a political leader of the Tibetans. We should just take his statement to be what it is. However, it does show to some extent that peace has won in Bihar. People with the message more related to peace are always more popular and acceptable in India than others," party's state spokesperson told .Terming religious harmony in India 'remarkable', Dalai Lama on Saturday had said the results of the Bihar assembly elections had shown that 'a majority of Hindus believed in religious harmony'. In a reply to a question on 'religious intolerance' in India, he said that politics meant serving the people effectively and 'not creating problems'.