India News: NEW DELHI: The ruling coalition of the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) and the People's National Congress (PNC) used anti-India sentiments and spr.
Many believe that the controversy was triggered by PM Modi s bid to promote Lakshadweep as an alternative tourist destination to the Maldives. However, India-Maldives ties were expected to be tense after the election of pro-China Muizzu to the top post in the Maldives last year, after the rule of incumbent pro-India president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
China s current share of Maldives total debt is 37% and there are fears that FTA will further increase debt share, pushing Maldives into a Sri Lanka-type crisis, ET has learnt. The Covid pandemic, notwithstanding India s generous assistance to the island nation, has dented Maldivian economy, according to observers.
Mohamed Muizzu became president after winning on his ‘India Out’ campaign platform, under which he called India’s huge influence a threat to sovereignty
This comes amid a significant number of cancellation of reservations by Indian tourists in the wake of the ongoing diplomatic tiff. It may be mentioned here that some of Maldives ministers made some shockingly irresponsible observations against Narendra Modi. These comments were in response to Modi s video of his Lakshadweep trip.