ISLAMABAD – Exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama was forced to apologise inIndia after severe backlash in Indian media against his comments on Quaid eAzam, Gandhi and Nehru.
He apologised for his recent remarks blaming Jawaharlal Nehru forPartition, according to *The Times of India.*link
“My statement has created controversy. If I said something wrong, Iapologise,” he said.
“Now look at India. I think Mahatma Gandhi was very much willing to givethe prime ministership to Jinnah. But Pandit Nehru refused,” the Dalai Lamahad said on Wednesday while speaking at a Goa educational institute.
The exiled Tibetan leader went on to add how he thought it was a bitself-centred on part of Jawaharlal Nehru to covet the top post, accordingto *Hindustan Times.*link
“I think it was a little bit self-centred attitude of Pandit Nehru that heshould be the prime minister. India and Pakistan would have remained unitedhad Mahatma Gandhi’s thinking materialised,” he said. “Pandit Nehru, I knowvery well, (was a) very experienced person, very wise but sometimesmistakes also happen.”
Earlier in May, Uttar Pradesh Minister Swami Prasad Maurya eulogised Jinnahas a “mahapurush” or great man. The minister made the remarks whileadmonishing a Bharatiya Janata Party MP for criticising Aligarh MuslimUniversity for displaying a photo of Jinnah at the varsity.