India on Friday firmly rejected allegations made by Washington Post in a report stating that the opposition in the Maldives sought $6 million from New Delhi to facilitate an alleged plot to impeach President Mohamed Muizzu. The MEA dismissed these claims as “baseless” and “without credibility,” accusing both the newspaper and the reporter of displaying “a compulsive hostility towards India.”
#WATCH | Delhi: On articles published by Washington Post on Maldives and Pakistan, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal says, ” Both the newspaper and reporter in question, appear to nurse a compulsive hostility towards India. You can see a pattern in their activities. I leave you to… pic.twitter.com/PwfiqtpYfK
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“These are articles that you referred were published by Washington Post, one on Maldives and the other one in relation to Pakistan. So to that, I would say that both the newspaper and the reporter in question appear to nurse a compulsive hostility towards India. You can see a pattern in their activities. I leave you to judge their credibility. As far as we are concerned, they have none,” said MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal during a weekly press briefing.
The controversy stemmed from a report in The Washington Post, which stated that Maldivian opposition politicians had proposed bribing 40 members of parliament, including those from Muizzu’s party, as part of an impeachment scheme. This report was reportedly based on an internal document titled “Democratic Renewal Initiative.” Additionally, the report claimed that a senior officer from India’s intelligence agency, R&AW, “explored” a plan to overthrow President Muizzu months after he took office.
Maldives Opposition Rejects Claims
