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the government. in the marty's fans, a campaign called india out. it's critical of you that is military presence and political influence in the country. but what's behind this campaign, and what does that mean for the close ties between india and the bodies? this is the inside story. ah hello and welcome to the program. i'm hash him, i'll borrower india out. that the slogan, some opposition parties in the ball. d's have been repeating for more than 2 years

now, claiming the government is selling their country to india. ah, i can't pay now banned by the government started in 2020 our streets protests quickly, gaining traction and social media. those behind is say, they only oppose india's small military presence in the montes and are not against trade. cultural and other ties. a coalition of opposition party is led by a former president of the law mean accused the government of signing secret deals with new delhi, allowing indian troops to be permanently stationed in the bodies of this also a wider geopolitical site of this. as the bodies has emerged as an important battle ground for competition between india and china in south asia. in november,

the government issued the following statement. the government of mold is strongly rejects attempts to spread force information through media and across social media platforms, using the so called india outs. logan alleging that bilateral corporation between the governments of bodies and india, undermines the national security and sovereignty of wild is support provided by india. an area such as search and rescue capabilities. casualty evacuation, coastal surveillance, and maritime reconnaissance directly benefit the body of the people. india's presence in the market is, has been so far limited while cooperation between the 2 nations goes years back. new delhi had donated to helicopters and donia aircraft to moll deals to help with medical evacuations, and see surveillance. 75 indian personnel are stationed him. are these are the

moment to maintain and operate the aircraft. the 2 countries are also working on an intellect radar chain to secure their own shawls. ah, let, bring in our gas. joining us from molly is ham dan shaquille. he is founder, an editor at malty is news network. oh, de chandler is assistant professor of government at georgetown university, doha. he joins us from split in kuwait area. and joining us from the a deli by skype is newton go. com, a seo and editing chief at strategic news global. welcome to the program. ham. done this back on india out. is it a and attend by the government to prevent hatred speech, or is it politically motivated? oh, thank you for her having the india oh campaign. i think it,

it's a bit more complicated than simply and just a political woman ah, ah, the movement back presses its past origins all the way back to 2 other i when india fust decided to expand bear defense green to encompass even the mulligan mould is for you toto, so i, it can't be deemed as a simple movement and are more certainly the current common is i don't, gentle portrayed as such and her and in the process quarter ill, some fundamental rise in the attempt to or trade it at an political movement which is detrimental to the bilateral relations with countries, but i'd left, i don't think i used, they would be a to i to say that the india movement, these just a simple what,

which called o day the government is saying the reason why it is banning india out because the campaign is widely seen as undermining relations with india. others on the other hand say that this is just an attempt by the government to undermine the chances for the le me of the opposition leader ahead of the next presidential elections. i think there is some truth to it, but i have to say that in mall deeps as in sri lanka, there are these small states and the, and the island states are trying to counterbalance india and china. and so i think for each of these governments and even if the government changes, you see hasn't sri lanka, you know, they have to kind of milk both eyes. they have to play both sides and a, in some ways, you know, yes, it is about preempting the opposition from doing the same thing. but that's the domestic aspect of it. but let's not forget, there is the wider international relations of the indian ocean. ok, newton,

what's the view in india? is it seen as an attempt to guess the india 1st policy by a president while how many abraham sauder? indeed the view in india is that the, this is an opposition sponsor? no move against the current government. been mon lease, because if it was initially india military out, starting 201220138 merged into a sort of monster into india campaign. and i just want to know by the establishment i bought in molly as well as a new really that the, the former president of the lay, i mean, never protested against the u. s. military backed data, the more leevins her gone insane. so basically it is the main for

o domus audit. it is meant for the upcoming elections is the view, annandale, and so does not reel this as school wide spread, although on the zone. so leave decision to bandy campaign is also seen as o reaction in some quarters in india. so there are elements, sofa, i would say a sickness or to woodside in this hum, done the argument by the opposition. that the reason why the launch the india out campaign is their biggest concern about the scribe is the growing mandatory presence of india in the archipelago. is this something which he has justified or do you see it more of an exaggerated attempt by the opposition to blow the presence of india and the country out of proportion? i don't think it is. i will have the fulton as a, as or, or know 31 word with printed learn to one. the defense minister already testified

in front of the, our parliament, comet young on security services, where she for are admitted there. ah, there is a large number of, ah, indian military personal in them all these ah, ah, that which, which, which up until that that point head me tonight by the want of wall leaves which our, which is further testament booth. which while further gives customer to our credibility to the our positions, ah, ah, there allegations then, the armed goal month, these allowing, ah india to or indignantly stationed them with a true personal in they are molded. send i like other are we understand that? ah, in other day haitians we weren't there are for him. ah live true basis which ah, which does attract the vessel which independence. but what we have to understand here is that, ah, in this context mall, this is the unique in that we are

a us small island nature with very little, ah, ah, natural resources we have very little, ah, ah, our defense a forced these, ah, ah, what a lot of vastly, ah, and move quip compare global regional neighbor. so even a dental sham of stationing are a few 100 soldiers. these, these, this dispos us the, an interstitial threat. the more this is a silver base. okay? so this, this is the main one son that the option is raising. and i'd love to just, ah, highlight that, ah, that contrary to, wow, what the, the current administration that is, i or ting b r o position fewer. ah, india campaign, as it is in fact, ah, the largest fully to political honor manner. there was a campaign the all use since 2018. the latin that largest for i least in the world,

is, has been a par note campaign. so there is public support void and their arguments are i believe justify. okay. knit in it. is there any sentiment in india that this is not just a campaign sponsored by the opposition coalition in mall dees, but rather an attempt by the chinese to stop the rise of indians influence in south asia? well certainly, and there is no, no devoted lives in my mind that behind the scene the chinese are instigating these purpose and this campaign because they lost out the ottoman but they were in full flow in one of these. when was the end of july? i mean, wasn't bottle and he was completely in the chinese can,

as is born on by the events in that period. so they would certainly like to make a comeback girl, a because the current government does it say that it is india 1st of want to see there it is an author and jane. i would certainly like to reverse their policy by backing delay. i mean, the supporters are to come into a bar again, and this is one way of trying to make their way back to bar elections or just 11 away. and therefore nobody in india surprised uh with the dye me and the dawn and dinner of the campaign itself. at least in my mind, i have no doubt that this is jamie sponsored, her movement, no lively financed by the end, is if not a back door ro physically then as of physically participated by a chinese in mother oh day, the well known them all the archipelago as

a tourism hom, but many a wandering, how could this place become a battle ground for a china india rivalry of the region? ah, well, you know, the chinese have a string of pearls strategy which they've tried to implement it's proteins shankar mom b to the number of other countries. it connects with their broader interests in east africa and the gulf and tuning to buy and so on. and so i think india is a bit late to this game. it's realized that it has to kind of compete in a certain way. this is not a military competition or directly economic competition, but there is a geopolitical kind of strategic dimension to it. it also has to do with what, where the governments are friendly to one or the other regional power. but you can see that there is a u. s. backed india as a counter to my knees interests, which is you know,

in some ways in parallel to the belt and road initiative. bitch, people have written much about it. okay. had done the in india has always had this privilege status with the, with the mold is all that came to an end in 2013. when of the law, yameen came to power and said, is going to be dow china 1st than 2018 mohammed by himself comes to power and that he says, no, it's going to be now india. first, this shifting dynamic in the country with at each president coming to power, is this something that could potentially undermine stability in the montes? i don't think it was necessarily that it was a char. are china 1st policy under president lloyd army?

because ah, as far as i recalled school, it was under president of the current administration back there go want of all these. ah, i'll try it out. that it would pay for side batteries, little politics up until that point or the maldives has had maintained an under label my in regards to our regional policy expired just or did our president ob lloyd army a guy you play at ministration? i prefer trading the china. yes. he bah, according to, ah, the people i have in to you and met so far. ah, the mall is, did see co alternative trade partners, including japan and a few banks in germany at. but what the chinese offered were in terms of her, her interest threats and your terms, it was just fall, ah, ah,

appealing den. but i, india, japan, and all other countries offered. so obviously, in an attempt to maximize the in such a door, much needed little section justified by his president le mars chose to partner with china. but the duct that does not mean that ah, it's all our one mouldy, the other one ah, even up until he's ah and of his administration, he maintained diplomacy and he maintained bella lithia even bother our situation. possibly all countries due to their singular fact bad at the indian r a government refused to remove her ladyship personally, the more use or even after repeated requests by or polish foreign region. he, mom was she 1st ministry and according to this recently are league documents. ah,

the indian ministry bustling, the all use attached to the indian helped us both formally cluster too. i really am soaked and took and now falling dental fusion, they were they will use us for even a lawyer and us to our played leave. but they did not, so these are the extent that ah, india attempted to maintain dent pleasantly, but all leaves at the disciple of the motive, god middle law. okay. yeah, i see appoint nittany, you've just heard what hampton has been saying about this going sentiment in montes about the need for the indian military personnel to leave the country. this is the country where the, where people are proud about their sense of independence and the semen through presence as something that undermines their sovereignty. isn't india running the risk of losing the hearts and minds of the people in the maldives in the future? well, i don't think so,

because if you look at the number of military exchanges that happened military exercises joined patrolling off of the season on one of these exchanges between the 2 armed forces and the number of people who trained one armed forces with a mental train in india, in the main dinner distributions, i don't think the risk of losing hearts and minds of the people exist. because one section of the population, which is the winter, which is the supporters of probably the current opposition. my feeling that we're in the military personnel in military platforms are in one of these at the international them on the government. so when the government will say that we are getting from the do plan and we learned back to exist with the united states where there is no protest against the provisions and the,

the act of the back to the u. s. a similar backed up with india, a no collision because it has a history with the indian government and the gods as it were, leads to the situation, develops effective in more leaves. the government subsided with one a, china and then get comes back in to a position of influence that continuous in small locations are aware of this day. so you have this been on india out campaign before that the government was adamant about the need to introduce a new legislation which was going to at which it was going to been any organizational campaign seen as a threat to mall dees foreign policy. oh,

well the country's foreign a relations with foreign countries i we hear dealing with a government determined to continue to clam done or freedom of expression. ah, i am not sure i would, i would necessarily ah see it in those terms, but i think yes it is a freedom of expression in all of south asia at this point is a massive concern. and this is a concern because people are upset, they're expressing their grievances, actor towards governments that do not deliver on democratic mandates. and so we've the point where we had democracy's, at least in name elections happen and regular cycles. i'm but regardless of who comes to power, a set of grievances persist. so, or we find this now you see it to lancaster, you see it parked on recently. you see

a ton of situations where the political system is unable to deal with the demands that are coming in are there are grievances which cannot be met. and then there are crackdowns on decal, expressions, speech or day. i'll the les, i mean, when, when he was president of montes took all the measures to stifle dissent. clumped down on his opponents. isn't there a risk that he could be just triggered in the campaign to further his political ambition? a secure, a come back to power. i agree with that assessment better. this is really his back to power. but let's keep in mind that he can launch this campaign because there exists a certain body of n p in the sentiment within the moral beads today. and he's able to tap into this, it's not something that he'll just creating out of know out of finance we, we have to realize that the islands divided just like the political parties are

divided into india and china facing kind of camps. and, and i think that with a lot of younger people in the more be i think there is a sense that belongs pending kind of ties with india, need to be reassessed. you know, china of course, one factor. but i do think that there is a broader kind of rethinking, also with respect to more of the big okay. handle this is a country that historically knew how to navigate its way surrounded by some geopolitical power houses. now you how the americans stepping in 2020 with a defense framework agreement, is this the opportunity for the people of them all these to say that now faced with a chinese, the indians and the american is about time to reinvent the way we have to deal with great powers i think that the world is changing and

ah, the whole whole of soak ish pill be ah, a key point of interest in the coming years. and so yes, i do believe that i'm all this itself leads to we assess its foreign policy of our nonetheless mind to our as and assess whether we need to take a bid side or in, ah, in the out broader. oh, we ought to the world. if dealing with that potential, delicious, but, but now i india on the subject of the indy dog repeat itself. i'd left a snort ah, well compensated to what i, mr. newton has now noted. we've been in the old campaign is not our talking about the bah and defense scar corporation within our both countries where it's not talking about india and mall is conducting joint military exercises. it is

talking about, ah, a series of military agreements which under the current constitutional, all east is illegal. and yet the current administration with us to adopt transparency and reveal to the, our palo as asked to collected in article $251.00 c of the parliament. ah, pushed the use of morals which states that, ah, nor for a madman, should be it not her tales. the morlocks may be used by a former military, without desperate for a pool of the majority of the parliament saw are at b, b. this is where the real issue is, is not, i'm not, ah, contingent sentiment singer in the was been, are created over night is, is not about, i ha, i what mall even speak english, see me. i against a, are people of india already. this is what a singular issue the session of all right, the little personal lives under our questionable, our circumstances, unfortunately,

were running out of town with how to leave it there for the time being had dance, shaquille o. d, chandler and knitting go cause i really appreciate your insight. thank you. thank you for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website or dot com for further discussion. go to our facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha inside story. you can also join the conversation on twitter. i'll hand it is, add a j in size sorted from the house model. and the entire team here in doha bye for now. ah, with

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