Was Dalai Lama’s visit, purely non-political?

Prior to the visit of Tibetan spiritual leader to Padder in Kishtwar, the people were expecting few political announcements, especially regarding Kashmir issue, media persons from different parts of the country reached Padder to cover the moment and to witness any big news, but when the world famous leaders delivered his speech it was purely non-political. However when His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama said, "I believe myself to be India’s messenger to the world,’ the listeners got attentive, there was a pin drop silence and everyone started thinking whether there was any message being discreetly conveyed here. But there wasn’t anything remotely political in this statement also; it was all about peace and brotherhood. His another statement ‘India and Tibet have always had a Guru Shishya relationship. I’m thus a ‘chela’ of India,’ was also confusing for few. What the Dalai Lama was referring to was Tibet’s age old debt to India, the land where Buddhism originated, which also gave it the masters who set up the faith -masters from universities like Nalanda, who institutionalized Buddhism in Tibet in the seventh and eighth centuries.
While choosing to stay away from contemporary politics, there was definitely a message that he chose to convey, but who was being addressed is anybody’s guess.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah too chose to steer clear of any direct reference to the turmoil in the state but it was clearly topmost on his mind when he said to the spiritual leader, "Hamare state ke liye dua karna."
However locals in Padder were expecting few announcements from chief Minister especially regarding sanctioning a degree College at Padder and ST status to all residents of Padder at par with Buddists of the area. But again Chief Minister was silent over these local issues and instead said, "Siyasi taqreer fir kabhi hogi". One wonders that living in the same area under similar conditions if people of one community have been given tribal status why the other are denied of it. Decisions have been made recently for Poonch Rajouri, but what compels the Chief Minister to ignore people of Padder. Government should come with satisfactory answers without making itself suspicious.