🟥 2023 – Maldives President & the “India Out” Movement
In the 2023 Maldives Presidential elections, Mohamed Muizzu won with strong backing from the People’s National Congress (PNC) — a party that openly supported the "India Out" campaign.
The campaign’s core demand?
👉 Indian military forces should leave the Maldives.
👉 Indian presence is "a threat to our sovereignty," claimed several opposition leaders.
Muizzu’s entire campaign had anti-India rhetoric at its core.
After assuming office, pro-India agreements were stalled, and discussions began about withdrawing Indian troops.
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🟩 2024–2025 – Reality Hits Hard
The Maldives, a heavily import-dependent economy, began feeling the weight of its foreign policy shift.
Key dependencies:
🇮🇳 India and 🇨🇳 China as primary partners
🏖️ Tourism (with Indian tourists making up the bulk)
🚑 Medical evacuations (MEDEVACs supported by India)
🍚 Essential supplies — food, fuel, medicine — largely from India
By 2024, India responded subtly — not with aggression, but with smart diplomatic pressure:
Indian tourist arrivals plummeted
Supplies slowed down or warned of constraints
It didn’t take long for the Maldives leadership to realize:
> “Geopolitical ego won’t fill your grocery shelves.”
In 2025, the Muizzu government began a quiet course correction.
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🛬 2025 – Modi Gets the Red Carpet in Maldives
Come August 2025, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the Maldives — either for a SAARC summit or bilateral talks.
The same President who once backed “India Out” now:
Welcomes Modi with a red carpet
Offers full state protocol & honors
Co-signs a joint statement praising India–Maldives friendship
🔥 Leadership Defined: From Rejection to Respect
> 2023: “India Out!” – shouted Maldives' new President.
2025: That very leader welcomes PM Modi with open arms.
This isn’t just diplomacy.
This is the power of firm, dignified leadership.
This is Modi’s foreign policy victory — loud and clear.
Sometimes, those who shout…
End up bowing with silence.
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