The Chinese embassy in Kathmandu has written to the Ministry of Foreign affairs raising objection to a meeting of some Constituent Assembly (CA) with Tibetan religious leader in exile Dalai Lama, Nagarik daily reported.




The embassy has said, the CA members' meeting with Dalai Lama was against Nepal's One China Policy.



Madhesi Janadhikar Forum CA member Omprakash Yadav Guljari, and Nepali Congress CA members Harshajit Lama and Lalita Kingring had gone to Dharmashala in Himachal Pradesh, one-and-half months ago to meet Dalai Lama.



NC Parliamentary Party (PP) has also asked clarification from its CA members on the meeting at pressure from of the Chinese embassy. NC parliamentary party informed the embassy of the clarifications from its CA members.



We took clarification on the meeting with Dalai Lama and alerted them not to meet him again, said an NC PP office-bearer.



CA member Kingring and Lama said, the meeting was religious and not political.



Claiming it was not a mistake to meet the Guru of the religion she is following since birth Kingring said, it was sad that she had to give clarification even for meeting a religious Guru.



Some journalists and others were also included in the team of CA members' meeting Dalai Lama, arranged by Siddhartha Gautam, chairman of Lumbini Foundation.



General Manager of Gorkhapatra Corporation Shambhu Shrestha, journalists Jayprakash Tripathi and Sharad Chandra Wasti, former Director General of Civial Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) Rajesh Raj Dali, and teacher of Padma Kanya Campus Sanjeeta Burma were involved in the team.



China has been pressuring Nepal to adopt stringent measures on Tibetan refugees and raising strong objections against any activity that it thinks support the Free Tibet movement.