India  accused the US-based media house Washington Post of biased reporting against New Delhi. Reacting to an article published by the newspaper citing an alleged plot to oust Maldivian President Mohammed Muizzu and India’s alleged role, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that the newspaper appears to be nursing hatred towards New Delhi.

“Both the newspaper and reporter in question, appear to nurse a compulsive hostility towards India. You can see a pattern in their activities. I leave you to judge their credibility. As far as we are concerned, they have none,” said Jaiswal.

The report stated that the Maldivian plot and its backstory provide a unique glimpse into the broader, often opaque struggle between India and China for influence across a strategically significant region of Asia and its surrounding waters.

The relations between India and Maldives are gradually becoming normal after initial bitterness following the formation of the Muizzu government. Some Maldivian ministers had made inappropriate comment against India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This has sparked a diplomatic standoff between the two countries. Also, Muizzu’s anti-India stand during his election campaign had also irked New Delhi.