President Abdulla Yameen and former President Mohamed Nasheed have congratulated India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on winning India’s general elections.
In a message to Prime Minister elect Narendra Modi, President Yameen said he is “elated and has no doubt that India has chosen the most proficient leadership to enter a new era under BJP’s leadership.”
Yameen said the Maldives attaches the highest importance to its relations with India and said he hopes “cooperation between the Maldives and India will further develop under your leadership and guidance in a constructive manner.”
The BJP’s 272 seat win secures it a simple majority in the Lok Sabha. No party has controlled a majority in the parliament since the Congress Party’s 415 seat win in 1984.
Meanwhile, Nasheed in a tweet to Modi congratulated BJP on its success and said he looked forward to “working together for a strong South Asia.”
In reply, Modi said “We value our relation with Maldives & will work towards strengthening our ties further.”
Modi has been accused of doing little to stop communal riots in Gujarat in 2002 in which at least 1,000 people died, most of them Muslims. Modi, who was chief minister of Gujarat at the time, has always denied the allegations and was never charged.
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