However, two years ago, China was seen to have a lot of impact in Maldives, situated in the middle of the Indian Ocean and in India’s neighboring island country. In such a situation, when Mohammad Mujju’s People’s National Congress Party won a majority in the year 2024, the government’s statement is clearly visible in the statement of Maldives.

Mohammad Muizu had run the ‘India Out’ campaign vigorously in Maldives and he also gained power on the strength of this campaign. After coming to power, President Mujju made his first state visit to New Delhi in Beijing, the capital of China. During this time, ministers of Mujju government were also constantly making anti-India comments.

What was India out campaign? There was a major issue in the 2023 parliamentary elections, sending Indian soldiers back from Maldives. Moving out of the policy of ‘India Prior to’, Mohammad Mujju promised that he would send back the Indian soldiers posted in Maldives after coming to power. With this, he will also ensure that India has no influence on the Maldives in any way.

China was looking to take advantage of this when the anti -India voice arose in the Maldives, for which China also made every effort to woo the Maldives. After this, China entered into an agreement with the Maldives for non-fatal weapons without any cost, even China agreed to train the soldiers of Maldives.

But, now after two years of power of Mujju government, Maldives is full of India’s tricolor instead of painting in red color. Mohammad Mujju broke the protocol to welcome the Indian Prime Minister to the airport shows the strategic changes of India and Maldives. PM Modi will also attend the Independence Day celebrations of Maldives on Saturday (July 26, 2025) as the chief guest.