New Delhi, 15th December 2025: As the winter session of the Indian Parliament continues, Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel led the Standing Committee, divided into three groups, continued Tibet advocacy initiatives in New Delhi by engaging with Indian Members of Parliament and other dignitaries.

The first group met with Shri Narayan Das Ahirwar, Member of Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh (Samajwadi Party); Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, Member of Lok Sabha from Odisha (BJP) and the Convener of the All Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet (APIPFT); Shri Ram Chander Jangra, Member of Rajya Sabha from Haryana (BJP); Shri Harendra Singh Malik, Member of Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh (Samajwadi  Party); Shri 108th Pragyasagar Ji Muniraj, religious leader of Jainism; Ms. Naznene Rowhani, Secretary General of National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of India; Shri Shaktisinh Gohil, Member of Rajya Sabha from Gujarat (INC); Shri Sudhakar Singh, Member of Lok Sabha from Bihar (Rashtriya Janata Dal); and Rev. Marazban Nariman Zaiwalla, Zoroastrian Priest (Parsi Community).

The second group met with Smt. S. Phangnon Konyak, Member of  Rajya Sabha from Nagaland (BJP) and Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Member of Lok Sabha from Maharashtra (Shiv Sena).

The third group met with Shri Varun Chaudhary, Member of Lok Sabha from Haryana (INC); Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste, Former Minister of State for Rural Development of India and Member of Lok Sabha from Madhya Sabha (BJP); and Smt. Vijaylakshmi Devi, Member of Lok Sabha from Bihar (Janata Dal (United) (JDU)).