New Delhi’s worries of a potential Chinese base in the Maldives’ have reduced after the electoral win of the Ibrahim Solih-led Government. But. a former Home Minister under the previous regime questions whether the Maldives’ has given in to India’s strategic need for a military presence on the archipelago. Umar Naseer spoke to SNI’s Associate Editor Amitabh P Revi on whether his country should have kicked the gift horse of India helicopters in its mouth.

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