Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, known as the "old immortal", has recently encountered a series of troubles and has to urgently "save himself". According to a report by The Paper on April 23, the Maldives recently held parliamentary elections, and President Muiz's China-friendly People's Congress Party (PNC) won a resounding victory in the election, winning more than half of the seats. In this regard, Liu Zongyi, an expert on international affairs in Shanghai, said that the victory of the Muiz party shows that the people of Madai recognize his "independent" foreign policy and "endorse his domestic and foreign policies." #MCN首发激励计划#
The Maldives is located in the north-central region of the Indian Ocean, with India and Sri Lanka to the north, and Diego Garcia Island to the south, where the United States deploys strategic bombers and submarines, and is located between the Strait of Malacca and Africa and the Middle East. Former Madai President Saleh pursued a "pro-Indian" policy and allowed India to station troops, and President Muiz's party defeated the pro-India party that had an absolute majority in parliament in one fell swoop and achieved a reversal victory.
The Maldives' gradual tilt towards China is not the only thing that worries Modi. According to a report by Phoenix.com on April 19, the world's largest election, the Indian general election, will officially start immediately, 968 million voters will go to the country's 1.05 million ballot boxes in 7 days to vote, and the party that wins the majority of parliamentary seats will have the right to form a government, and the party leader will automatically become the next Prime Minister of India. However, as things stand, it may be difficult for Modi to win easily, as 27 opposition parties have formed a coalition to challenge Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.
Under the internal and external attacks, Modi launched an emergency "self-rescue". Internally, Modi has had to use "underhanded means" to fight for elections, such as the arrest of the BJP leader, which some observers believe is expected to challenge the BJP in five to 10 years, and the freezing of the bank accounts of the largest opposition Congress, so that the party "can't even buy train tickets". At the same time, Modi has widely promoted himself and the BJP through TV and the media, and even Modi's face is on the vaccine card, and compared with the 2019 Indian general election, the BJP's election budget may exceed 50 billion yuan.
Externally, Modi began to "hack" the Maldives. India has announced that it will build a military base on the southernmost island of Minikooy, about 5 square kilometres, close to the 9th Degree Strait, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, and only 130 kilometres from the Maldives, and the Times of India has nakedly stated that plans to build a new military base are "in response to the island's pivot towards China." Obviously, Modi's arrival in the Maldives to build a new military base is a warning and deterrent to the Maldives, and China has made clear its attitude with concrete actions.
On the second day of India's announcement of the construction of a new military base, according to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency, Maldivian Defense Minister Mummon and Major General Zhang Baoqun, deputy director of the International Cooperation Office of the Chinese Military Commission, signed a military cooperation agreement, under which China will provide "free military assistance" to the Maldives, and the content of the agreement will not be disclosed to the public for the time being; Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning also said that China is committed to "jointly building a comprehensive strategic cooperative relationship" with the Maldives, but Mao Ning stressed that China-Malaysia cooperation "is not aimed at a third party and will not be interfered by a third party."
It is clear that although the military cooperation between China and Malaysia is not aimed at India, it will certainly strengthen China's influence in the Indian Ocean and "help strengthen the defense and security of the Maldives." India's general election Modi can do whatever he wants, that is their internal affair, but India wants to dominate the Indian Ocean, and even coerce small neighboring countries by force, but China does not agree.