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dated November 21, 1952: Ladakh and India

Kushak Bakula, Head Lama of Ladakh, declared that Ladakh had made its irrevocable choice to stay in India. His Holiness said that Ladakh believed in the secular democracy of India with fundamental rights for all citizens. Allegations had been made in certain quarters that Ladakh and he were gradually leaning towards Communism. Bakula described those allegations as "clumsy attempts to sidetrack the demand for constitutional safeguards made by Ladakh," and added: "I can only smile at such insinuations. Those who indulge in spinning such yarns evidently forget that I am, first and last, a Buddhist monk. Apart from other considerations to which I have drawn public attention in the past, Ladakh fully believes in democracy, and India's secular democracy is in perfect conformity with our own political ideals."

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