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The Maldives High Commissioner to India was invited to attend President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament, which marked the commencement of the Budget session...
A huge diplomatic row had erupted between India and Maldives after a Maldivian deputy minister, along with other cabinet members and government officials, made disparaging and unsavoury references to Primer Minister Narendra Modi's recent Lakshadweep visit...
Meanwhile in the Maldives, the main opposition MDP - which holds a majority in the Parliament - has gathered enough signatures to submit a motion to impeach President Mohamed Muizzu but is yet to submit it...
According to a report in the Maldives Sun, Jumhoory Party leader Qasim Ibrahim said any attempt to impeach President Muizzu would be equal to "kicking" the will of the Maldivian people...
Earlier in what was seen as an effort to douse tensions, President Muizzu send messages to President Droupadi Murmu and PM Narendra Modi greeting the nation on Republic Day.. The Maldivian President, conveyed well wishes from the Government and the people of the Maldives to the Government and the people of India..
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