Maldives President, Mohamed Muizzu gained power through the 'India Out' movement.
The current president of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu, gained power through the 'India Out' movement. The largest opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was recently defeated, allowing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to hold onto power in Bangladesh. The BNP, which has been out of power since 2009, has not been able to establish a presence among the populace. In order to win the elections, it is now attempting to sow discord among the people of Bangladesh against India.
The Maldivian governing party, which started the "India-Out" campaign in the last presidential election, appears to have been an influence for the BNP's strategies. China is said to have supported Maldivian President Md. Muizzu's "India Out" campaign. Social media activists from the BNP, many of whom are situated in major cities in the West, are attempting to create a story that implies India's influence was the only factor contributing to the validity of the parliamentary elections held in January.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina slammed the opposition party
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the opposition party, has come under fire from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for turning the traditional Indian saree into a political football. The opposition party in the nation launched an anti-India campaign, threatening to burn the Indian sarees of their wives along with other goods.
"India's position on the election went against people's expectations, which led some Bangladeshis to launch the boycott campaign," BNP chairman Zainul Abedin Farroque stated last month. Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, a top BNP politician, stated: "India supports the Awami League, not the people of Bangladesh." This is the reason why people are boycotting Indian goods as a way to express their rage.
Outbreak after senior BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi flung aside a shawl that was around his shoulders
However, things have become worse recently after senior BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi flung aside a scarf that was around his shoulders. On social media, hashtags like #IndiaOut and #BoycottIndia were popular. The ad and the ministers' comments received a lot of backlash throughout India as a result. Recently, a trend of related hashtags on social media, such as #BoycottIndianProducts, has been started by BNP's campaign.
Even though several members of the ruling party had expressed disapproval of similar initiatives, Prime Minister Hasina's public criticism of the campaign and her request that the leaders burn the sarees their spouses had worn caused the campaign to catch fire. Hasina claims that the majority of the nation's women dress in Indian sarees. The Prime Minister of Bangladesh really stated that relatives of the opposition leaders travel to India for shopping, bringing back goods to market in Dhaka. Hasina's accusations were met with resistance by Rizvi, who stated that spouses of opposition politicians do not purchase Indian sarees.