China may be behind anti-India campaign in Maldives, reports say

According to a media source, former President Abdulla Yameen and his followers' 'India Out' campaign in the Maldives may be motivated by Yameen's friendship with China. In February 2021, India and the Maldives agreed that India would develop the Sifvaru-Uthuru Thilafalhu harbour for the Maldives National Defence Force Coast Guard (UTF). The arrangement was characterised by Yameen and his followers as a method for Indian forces to be stationed in the Maldives, and the 'India Out' campaign was launched on social media in the coming months, accusing the Solih regime of jeopardising the country's sovereignty. The report in the Maldives…