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By Rajeev Sharma
The political crisis in the Maldives has once again brought to the fore the casual nature of Indian foreign policy. It now transpires that the ousted president,Mohamed Nasheed, who claims that he was forced to resign with literally a gun to his head, had asked India to intervene militarily. New Delhi remains a passive spectator to the fast unfolding political crisis.
This is a serious allegation, and if true, illustrates how the movers and shakers in the Indian foreign policy establishment are afraid of repeating what India did in 1988, when it sent a small armed contingent to Male to oust PLOTE rebels from Sri Lanka that had taken over the Maldives for several hours.
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