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Maldives apne ek bade tourism income ke ek bade zariye se boykott ka samna kar raha hai, jabki teen of its officials ne Bharat ke Prime Minister Narendra Modi ko tanz kiya, jisse Indian citizens aur celebrities ne deshi beaches par jaane ki jagah par unhein chhodne ki appeal ki hai.
Vivad tab paida hua jab Modi ne social platform X par khud ko snorkeling karte huye aur Lakshadweep ke ek beach par chalte hue dikhate hue tasveeren daali, jo ki Laccadive Sea mein, Kerala ke kinare, ek dakshini Bharatiya dweep sankuchan hai.
Modi ne apne post mein Maldives ko zikr nahi kiya, lekin uske kam jaane jaane wale dweepon ki khoobsurat scenery ki effusive tareef ho sakti hai, jo logon ko wahan chutti manane ke liye akarshit karne ka ek charm offensive ho.
Teen Maldives ke officials ne uske post ka jawab diya, jismein unhone Modi ko "clown," "terrorist" aur "Israel ka putla" kaha, Reuters ke mutabiq.
Maldives sarkar ne inke comments se jald baazgi se doori banane ke liye kadam uthaya, aur in teen officials ko suspend kar diya - ye Ministry of Youth Employment, Information and Arts ke deputy ministers hain, ek senior Maldives official ne Reuters ko Sunday ko bataya.
Maldives sarkar ne ek bayan mein kaha ki ushe "social media par kiye gaye tanz" ka khayal hai, lekin usne isey stress kiya ki "yeh raye vyaktigat hai" aur ye unke nazariye ko nahi darust karti.
"Sarkar is par vishwas karti hai ki vyakti ko loktantrik aur jimmedar taur par vyakti karna chahiye, aur aise tareeqon se nahi jo nafrat, negativity failayein, aur Maldives aur uske antarrashtriya saathi ke darmiyan gahre rishton ko roken," ismein kaha gaya hai.
Ye waqia aik sensitive dor mein aya hai, jab ke Maldives ke President Mohamed Muizzu apne chuninda hony ke baad apni pehli visit par China ja rahe hain.
Muizzu apni pro-China stance ke liye mashhoor hain aur isne apne predecessor ke "India first" policy ko khatam karne ka azam kiya hai, aik aise ilaqa mein jahan New Delhi aur Beijing apne asar ka mazahira karte hain.
Is safar mein, ummeed hai ke wo Chinese officials se mulaqat karenge aur "trade, professional, aur socio-economic development ko behtar banane ke liye ahem mouqaat" par muaahidaat par dastakhat karenge, jaisa ke sarkari bayan mein zikar hai.
Lekin jab Muizzu Beijing ke saath taalluqat ko mazeed mazboot karna chahega, to yeh chhota sa Indian Ocean dweep sankuchan - jo ke kareeb adha million logon ka ghar hai - apne sabse qareebi hamsaye se door nahi ho sakta.
Maldives tourism aur uske bohat sahayey mein se bara hissa Bharat se aata hai - pichhle saal duniya ke sab se abaadi wale mulk ne iske tropic beaches ko dekhne wale sab se bade group ke tor par hissa liya, Maldives ke tourism website ke mutabiq.
2023 mein Bharatiya tourists ne Maldives ki taraf se 209,000 se zyada safar kiye, jo ke iske tourism market ka 11% banate hain, pichhle haftay ke statistics ke mutabiq. Russia ne kuch zyada hi safar kiye, aur China bhi kareeb tha, jo ke total mein 187,118 visits yaani ke 10% di.
Lekin in officials ke tanz ne kuch Bharatiya chuttiyan manane walon ko naraz kiya, jinhon ne social media par screenshots post kiye taki wo dikhayein ke unhon ne Maldives ki safar ko #BoycottMaldives hashtag ke saath radd kar diya hai.
Bollywood actors se lekar cricket players tak, mashhoor shakhsiyat ne apne shauhar aur fans se nivedan kiya hai ki wo apni vacations ko deshi destinations par hi rukh karen, jaise ki dusre hashtag #ChaloLakshadweep - jo ke yeh dikhane ke liye hai ki wahan bhi koi badaab hai - ki taraf logon ko badhayein.
Ismein Bollywood star Akshay Kumar bhi shaamil hai, jo ke unhone Maldives ke officials ke tanz ko "nafrat bhari aur rasheed" kaha. Unhone kaha, "Hum apne hamsayon ke liye achhe hain lekin humein aise bina kisi wajah ke nafrat kyun sahni chahiye? Main ne Maldives ko kai baar visit kiya hai aur hamesha taareef ki hai, lekin ab izzat pehle. Chaliye, humein yeh tay karna chahiye ki hum #ExploreIndianIslands ko chunte hain aur apne tourism ko support karte hain."
Indian travel site EaseMyTrip ne kaha ki usne Maldives ke liye flight bookings ko suspend kar diya hai.
"Hamare mulk ke saath ekta mein, @EaseMyTrip ne Maldives ke liye saari flight bookings ko suspend kar diya hai," EaseMyTrip ke CEO aur co-founder Nishant Pitti ne X par post mein kaha.
All India Traders ke Confederation, desh ke sabse bade trade bodies mein se ek, ne bhi apne sadasyon se kaha ki wo Maldives ke saath vyapaar karne ko suspend karen.
"Jab tak Maldives mazrat nahi mangti ya sudharatmik tareeqay se is par amal nahi karti, tab tak Bharat ke trading community Maldives ke saath vyapaar karne se inkaar karegi," iske Secretary-General Praveen Khandelwal ne kaha, jo desh ke hazaar traders aur trade associations ko represent karta hai.
Maldives Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer ne X par ek post mein kaha ke officials ke tanz "qubool nahi," aur ye dweep sankuchan "apne partners ke saath ek sakht aur tajawuzi guftagu banane ka azam hai."
Ek source ne CNN ko Monday ko bataya ki Maldives mein Indian High Commission ne "mazbooti se shor kiya aur chinta bayan ki" hai.
Michael Kugelman, Washington ke Wilson Center ke South Asia Institute ke director ne kaha ki Maldives sarkar ne officials ko jald az jald suspend kar ke aur unke comments ko nafrat karne ka azam kar ke dikhaya hai ke ushe Bharat ke saath taalluqat ko kitna qeemti samajhti hai.
"Yeh chand dinon se chal rahe tanazurat ka izhaar karta hai ke aage kuch mushkilat aayengi, lekin main ye kehna chahunga ki din bhar ke aakhir mein Maldives ki nayi leadership nahi chahegi ke uski Bharat ke saath dosti ko khone ka khatra ho," unhone kaha.
"Main ye keh raha hoon ke Maldives ki sarkar chahegi ki wo apne taalluqat ko Bharat aur China ke darmiyan balance kare."