The relations between India and Maldives hit a new low after the ministers of the Maldives government made insulting comments about the Indian PM Narendra Modi and Indians. The Maldives government has sacked three ministers but the damage has already been done and now not just the common Indian public but many celebs are also advocating boycott Maldives and asking people to visit Lakshadweep and boost Indian tourism.
It all started after the Indian PM visited Lakshadweep and posted some beautiful photos and asked his countrymen to explore the beauty of Lakshadweep. Though PM Modi made no reference to Maldives, many Maldivians thought that it was an attempt to make a dent in their tourism business as a huge number of Indians visit Maldives every year.
The Indian actor, Amitabh Bachchan also spoke on this matter as he reacted to a post made by former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag. Viru Paaji shared some photos from beautiful Indian locations and wrote, “Whether it be the beautiful beaches of Udupi , Paradise Beach in Pondi, Neil and Havelock in Andaman, and many other beautiful beaches throughout our country, there are so many unexplored places in Bharat which have so much potential with some infrastructure support. Bharat is knowing for converting all Aapda into Avsar, and this dig at our country and our Prime Minister by Maldives ministers is a great Avsar for Bharat to create just the necessary infrastructure to make them attractive to tourists and boost our economy. Please do name your favourite unexplored beautiful places.”
Senior Bachchan supported Sehwag and wrote, “Viru paji .. this is so relevant and in the right spirit of our land .. our own are the very best .. I have been to Lakshadweep and Andamans and they are such astonishingly beautiful locations .. stunning waters beaches and the underwater experience is simply unbelievable .. हम भारत हैं , हम आत्मनिर्भर हैं , हमारी आत्मनिर्भरता पे आँच मत डालिये जय हिन्द”
Earlier Akshay Kumar also objected to the insulting posts and he also urged Indians to stop going to Maldives and boost Indian tourism instead.
