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November 15, 2015, NewsCrunch
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama hailed Bihar election results on Saturday and said the outcome showed that majority of Hindus believed in harmony.
Attending the convocation of a private university at Jalandhar, Dalai Lama made the statement while responding to a question on intolerance.
Despite a few "mischievous elements" and "a few problems", he said, India had stood by its value system of secularism and harmony.
"Bihar elections have proved that majority of Indian people still believe in harmony," he added.
He did not name any party or go into the specific incidents he was responding to.
The Times of India quoted him saying as the longest staying guest of India he did not want to get into its politics.
He also said there could be a few problems but overall the situation was very good and India had been following the principles of Ahimsa and harmony.
On Sunday, Dalai Lama's statements grew into a controversy after BJP leader Subramanian Swamy criticised him. "His statements are uncalled for and shows his ignorance," Swamy said.
Video: Watch Dalai Lama saying Bihar elections shows majority Hindus believe in harmony
#BiharElections show that a majority of Hindu people still believe in harmony: Dalai Lama #BattlegroundBiharhttps://t.co/V22uQcc6j9— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) November 15, 2015Many voices were heard in Twitter both criticising and supporting Dalai Lama.
Just tell me, what grace Dalai lama have ? https://t.co/pHakWK1kfr— Bankim Mistry (@BankiMistry) November 15, 2015And @swamy39 preaching Harmony to Dalai Lama is like Osama & Amit Shah preaching on Peace & Social Harmony resp #Funny#Dhakkan— Sachin Satpute (@Sachin3S) November 15, 2015@ANI_news@Category5Moron Let Dalai Lama go back to Tibet and do politics with the Chinese— K.S.SRINIVASAN (@srini2506) November 15, 2015@ndtv What if Hindus in some other states elect BJP to power? Will you dub it a mandate for hatred? Your holiness Dalai Lama. (1/2)— Kundan Kumar (@kundankumar100) November 15, 2015@ANI_news Dalai lama supports Congress which is dividing ppl in Karnataka in name of religion.Shame on Nobel Prize winner for narrow thought— arvind kumar sharma (@arvindaks1953) November 15, 2015His (Dalai Lama) comments were uncalled for, it shows ignorance on his part: Subramanian Swamy pic.twitter.com/fdsSaEqYz6
— ANI (@ANI_news) November 15, 2015