Key Points
In a setback to Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, the pro-India opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has secured a landslide victory in the capital Males Mayoral election...
The MDP candidate, Adam Azim, has been elected as the new Mayor of Male, a post held by Muizzu till recently..
Muizzu resigned from the position to contest the presidential elections last year...
The MDP is headed by pro-India former president Mohammad Solih, who was defeated by Muizzu, a pro-China leader, in the presidential elections...
The Mayoral polls were held in the backdrop of derogatory comments posted by three deputy ministers of the Muizzu government against Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading to a diplomatic row with India..
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