Dalai Lama will be our state guest: Arunachal CM

New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) Notwithstanding Chinese objection
to the Dalai Lama's proposed visit to India's northeastern
state of Arunachal Pradesh, state Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu
Wednesday said the Tibetan spiritual leader will be accorded
the honour of 'state guest' during his week-long tour
beginning November 7.

Khandu said the Dalai will be given all protocol,
including a tight security cover, when he arrives.
"He will be accorded with the honour of state guest. He
will visit Tawang, Itanagar and some other places," Khandu
told PTI.
On the sidelines of the Association of South East Asian
Nations (ASEAN)-India and East Asia Summits in Cha-Am Hua Hin,
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had conveyed to his
Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao that the Dalai Lama is an
"honoured guest" of India.
"I explained to Premier Wen that Dalai Lama is our
honoured guest and he is a religious leader," Singh had said.
China has protested the Dalai Lama's planned visit to
Arunachal Pradesh. It accused the Dalai, who fled to India in
1949 after a failed uprising against the Communist rule, of
indulging in anti-China activities and trying to "split" Tibet
from the country. PTI ACB