Dharamshala, March 14 -- Tibetan Government-in-Exile President Penpa Tsering has strongly criticised the Chinese government's recent statement on the reincarnation of the 14th Dalai Lama, calling it a "blasphemous statement."

Speaking to ANI, Tsering said that the Dalai Lama himself has to decide where he is going to be reborn and to whom he is going to be reborn and added that it is not something that a government can decide, particularly the one who does not believe in any religion.

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has said that his successor would be born in the "free world," referring to areas outside of China, as reported by Radio Free Asia (RFA).

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