The Indian Himalayan Council of the Nalanda Buddhist Tradition has stated its intention not to support a successor to His Holiness the Dalai Lama appointed by China, reports Radio Free Asia. “The people of the Himalayas will never accept” a successor appointed by the government of the People’s Republic of China, and will “never pay devotional obeisance to such a political appointee”, and will “publicly denounce such a move by anyone”.