“South Block is tired of ousted Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed’s ‘maverick’ approach and violent street protests, and is busy reviving its three-decade-long ties with former dictator Maumoon Abdul Gayoom,” writes Archis Mohan for India’s Telegraph newspaper.
“Events over the past week reflect a decisive shift in India’s approach towards the eight-month-old political crisis in the Indian Ocean archipelago since Nasheed’s resignation under pressure in February.
First, India invited Gayoom to New Delhi. The former dictator, who ruled Maldives for 30 years before losing the country’s first multi-party elections in 2008 to Nasheed, discussed the Maldivian political situation with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday for nearly an hour.”
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Slow down, regarding the relevance of Telegraph in India. It's a local newspaper. From a city where another autocrat rules. Same government which jailed a professor for a just funny cartoon of the Chief Minister., same who refused to talk to local press and channels, and more. Papers like Times of India, Hindu, Hindustan Times . . . are much more relevant.
Next to fact that India is worried as hell about China AND Pakistan. They have raising probs with China almost every week.
The backward India will make sure that Maldives stays under it's claws. I hate the Indian politics and cowardice ways of dealing with little countries like us. Gayyoom is a corupt dictator . He and his family had abused this country for 30 years. His daughter is crazy for power following his fathers footsteps.. Dream on Dhuniya and the indians who think she can win an election... Their days are over. The ordinary people with the help of President Nasheed will win the election and we will get justice , equality and freedom.
Nasheed was a dictator too, don't u see? what difference does it make? Nasheed was way too obvious in breaking the law. The fact that Nasheed, in spite of millions of dollars spent on the Presidential Commission to investigate the alleged abuse of power by Gayyoom, in 3 years could not make a clear case against Gayyoom proves that at least Gayoom was smart in his dealings. Nasheed categorically stated that he only intended to serve his party members and went against court orders on several occasions. I am no fan of Gayyoom. But Nasheed was not the people's president that you guys try to portray. He was not the change we have wanted.