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`Only Dalai Lama Can Decide His Successor`: India Rejects China’s Claim Over Spiritual Succession

Zee News Thursday, 3 July 2025
In a significant diplomatic signal, India on Thursday affirmed that the succession of the Dalai Lama will be determined solely by the current Tibetan spiritual leader and through established Buddhist conventions—a stance seen as a clear rejection of China’s attempts to assert control over the process.
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