Shimla, February 06:Union Minister Virbhadra Singh today accused the state government of humiliating and maligning Karmapa over the foreign currency haul issue.
Addressing a press conference at Nurpur, the Congress leader and former chief minister said the behaviour of the state government towards Karmapa, who is held in high esteem by Tibetans, was a matter of concern.
On alleged Benami land deals of some Tibetans, the Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise said instead of taking action against them, these deals should be regularised and other benami deals by outsiders should be thoroughly probed.
He disagreed with the reported statement of the chief minister asking the Tibetans not to hold rallies in support of Karmapa and said that Karmapa was a revered personality and if the Tibetans were taking out rallies in his favour, the state government should not interfere.
–PTI