The Government has confirmed that it has suspended top officials who mocked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media yesterday.
This comes after top-ranking officials from the government posted on social media berating the Indian Prime Minister after he was featured in a video promoting Indian Lakashdeep islands as a local tourist destination for Indians.
It has been reported that the Indian government is trying to attract locals who have been flocking to the sandy white beaches of the Maldives which promoted government social media activists to post what some say are derogatory comments against the Indian Prime Minister.
Earlier today, the government issued a curt statement distancing itself from the comments made by the officials. It said that the government of Maldives said that these opinions are personal and do not represent the views of the Government of Maldives.
It further said that it believes that the freedom of expression should be exercised democratically and responsibly, and in ways that do not spread hatred, and negativity, and hinder close relationships between the Maldives and its international partners.
The Maldivian government assured that the relevant authorities of the Government will not hesitate to take action against those who make such derogatory remarks.
Later on, Minister of the President's Office Ibrahim Khaleel said that the government has now suspended the officials in question.
Maldivians are descending more and more into Islamic fundamentalist and racist mindset. The ministers' comments are the examples of the broader problem which Maldivians themselves need to address. Falling to Chinese debt trap will not help either. Learn by looking at Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. Pakistan and Nepal have now literally been occupied by China. Sri Lanka went into bankruptcy and has had to surrender its port to China after failing to repay loans. Pakistan has surrendered Gwadar port to China and now there is an uprising happening in Balochistan. Nepal govt's even day to day decisions are being dictated from Beijing. On the other hand, India has never demanded anything from Maldives. India saved Maldives from coup. India has provided billions of dollars in assistance to Maldives without expecting anything in return. The Indian "soldiers" and helicopters in Maldives actually provide emergency evacuation and medical services to Maldives. Indians promoted Maldives as a tourist destination during Covid times. Indians are the single largest tourists to Maldives. Yet, such hatred that too based on religion and race? India has more than 250 million mulsims. You guys are half a million. A place having that much population qualifies to be a town in India. And Maldivians are Indians by race. No one can tell you apart from an Indian by looking at you. So, any hatred being harboured by Maldivians towards Indians is being harboured towards themselves.
maldives goverment has to reliase that india is not his enemy . india out campaign is a foolish step of current maldive goverment , you(maldive) are hurting the feeling of that country(india) which helped you a lot . current goverment trusting china so much , stucking more in china's dept trap , nepal ,srilanka , pakistan are some example of chinese dept trap strategy . maldive govt has to restable ties to india