Tibetan monk Ogyen Trinley Dorje, who acquired a Dominica passport, has said in a video message that after a lot of “back and forth” he couldn’t get an Indian visa but he hoped to “return quickly.”
This is contrary to the claims made by Indian officials who have said that Dorje, who has been living in the U.S for more than a year now, never applied for a visa. Senior government sources on Wednesday said they stood by their earlier position that the government doesn’t recognise him as the “sole 17th Karmapa Lama and there are other contenders” as well.
The source said that he was free to get a visa and has never in fact “presented his passport” for a visa to be granted. “He ...has been living in India as a Tibetan refugee. He wanted to travel abroad and we gave him an IC. When he acquired the Dominica passport, he didn’t share the information with India,” said the source.
