Sunday
24th Nov 2024
Dhivehi Edition
President Yameen. Photo: TMJ
The leader of the opposition, former President Abdullah Yameen Abdul Gayyoom has said the Maldives was not an Indian town.
Speaking at the Carnival area of Malé City, the former President said heavily criticised India. He had said that the Maldives was not an Indian town, and neither were the Maldivian people of the same ethnicity as the Indians.
He had also stated that the Maldivian president should not a governor appointed by India. He compared India’s policies with regards to the Maldives to that of colonial Britain.
This has been the first time that the former President had openly criticised India.