Tibet supporters from Wardha sets for bike rally

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Tibet.net
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National Campaign for Tibetan Support, Wardha, supporters getting ready for the rally from Wardha to Nagpur on Sunday, 17 October 2010 . (Photos: Tenzin Lekshay /ITCO)

Wardha, Maharashtra:  National Campaign for Tibetan Support, Wardha organized a bike rally to show their support for the Tibet cause. More than 50 bikes with around 100 supporters started their bike rally from Wardha to Nagpur , Maharashtra , which was flagged off by Prof. Suresh Deshmukh, Member of Legislative Assembly of Wardha constituency. The theme of the bike rally was "Free Tibet, Save India".

This bike rally was launched during Dashehra festival, coinciding with 54th Anniversary of Dr. Baba Sahib Ambedkar's Dharmachakra day at Dishabhumi, Nagpur . More than 15 lakh of Ambedkar's follower from all over India gathers and meet at Dishabhumi on Dashehra. It was celebrated for three days from 16-18 October.

The rally bikers were received by the President of Regional Tibetan Youth Congress and Regional Tibetan Women's Association, Tibetan Norgeyling Settlement received with Khatak on reaching Nagpur . Later the rally ended at Dishabhumi.

National Campaign for Tibetan Cause at Dishabhumi distributed thousands of Tibet related leaflets in Marathi, HIndi and English. Regional Tibetan Youth Congress and Regional Tibetan Women's Association, Norgeyling Settlement, Indo-Tibetan Friendship Society, Nagpur and Indo-Tibetan Friendship Society Bandara joined National Campaign for Tibetan Cause to distribute leaflets to the masses.

This is the third consecutive year of bike rally which, National Campaign for Tibetan Cause, a Tibet Support Group in Wardha organized over the years.