Dateline Dehradun: Today morning, RTYC (Regional Tibetan Youth Congress), Dekyiling chapter embarked on a Motorcycle Rally to Gangotri in Uttarakhand. The riders were flagged off by Dehradun Mayor making their way to Gangotri in collaboration with Indo – Tibetan Cooperation Forum.
Regional Tibetan Youth Congress, Dekyiling founded in 1983, is amongst the 87 chapters of Tibetan Youth Congress, in Dehradun. Since its regional inception, RTYC as its otherwise known, has been the voice of Tibetan youth in Dehradun area, committed and involved in a united struggle for free Tibet.
The team includes fourteen members of the RTYC who are 2nd generation Tibetans born in exile along with Bharat Tibbat Sahyog Manch whose ten members of BTSM Uttarakhand Chapter, will be lead by President Shree Harish Semwal and General Sec.Inderpal Singh Kohli. The RTYC participants include RTYC President Mr.Tenzin Jinpa and Vice President Tsering Phuntsok.
A four day round trip, covering a distance of 500 kms, the team will make their way through the picturesque route of Mussoorie-Uttarkashi-Hursil enroute to Gangotri, a destination chosen for it close proximity to the Indo – Tibetan border. The rally’s primary objective is to interact with the locals, garner support for free Tibet movement and also an appeal to boycott Chinese products. The team will hold two programmes one at Uttarkashi and the other at Hursil.
Talking to Newspost, Tsering Tobgay, General Secretary, RTYC, Dehradun added, “And since we are still in midst of a pandemic we all agreed to travel within the state. We have all undergone rapid antigen test to make sure locals in the mountains are safe while they interact with us.”
Not new to organising rallies, RTYC has organised innumerable motorcycle and cycle rallies in the past to further their cause of highlighting their protest against China and demand for Tibet’s freedom.
