As the tensions between India and Maldives proceed to stay excessive, journey and tourism platform EaseMyTrip responded to a number of the accusations of “instigating” the diplomatic row between the 2 international locations by suspending the flights.

EaseMyTrip CEO Nishant Pitti defended the choice of his firm to droop flight bookings to the island nation amid the India-Maldives row, claiming that some folks on social media accused his firm of taking a political stance.

Nishant additional stated some X customers have been accusing his journey firm of “instigating” the tensions between India and Maldives. Backing his firm’s stance, Nishant stated he would have executed the identical even when another authorities was in energy in India.

“Read some tweets, saying we instigated India-Maldives Standoff. Here is a brief history: Nov 2023, President of Maldives won election on plank of “India Out” campaign. They wanted India & its tourist OUT, since last few years. Being 2nd largest tourism provider to Maldives, we merely fecilitated what majority Maldivan asked for. This new Maldivian govt has been clearly pro-China, and it’s only fair that they earn money from Chinese tourist rather than Indians now,” the EaseMyTrip CEO wrote on X.

He added, “Remaining 5% folks seem aggravated, as they are seeing it politically, and probably it’s not matching with their political ideology. Perhaps, we would have done the same, no matter which govt was ruling in India, as it just made sense to uphold the dignity of our country.”

Maldives asks India to withdraw troops

As the tensions between the 2 international locations escalated, Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu lately requested India to withdraw its troops the Indian Ocean archipelago by March 15. Muizzu stated that every one Indian army personnel needs to be referred to as again by this deadline, whereas New Delhi stated that extra discussions on this regard will likely be held for a resolutions.

“Indian military personnel cannot stay in the Maldives. This is the policy of President Mohamed Muizzu and that of this administration,” Abdulla Nazim Ibrahim, principal secretary to the Maldivian president, stated throughout a media briefing.

These developments have been reported weeks after three Maldivian ministers have been suspended by the federal government for insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media, when he posted pictures of his go to to Lakshadweep.