{"id":303140,"date":"2018-09-24T04:59:49","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T04:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=303140"},"modified":"2018-09-24T08:35:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T08:35:30","slug":"maldives-election-india-congratulates-opposition-leader-ibrahim-mohammed-solih","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/maldives-election-india-congratulates-opposition-leader-ibrahim-mohammed-solih\/","title":{"rendered":"Maldives Election: India congratulates Opposition leader Ibrahim Mohammed Solih"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-303141 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/download-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/download-4.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/download-4-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/>India\u00a0on Monday congratulated Maldives Opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih for claiming the victory in the Maldivian Presidential Election after securing over 58 percent votes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe Welcome the successful completion of presidential election process in the Maldives which, according to preliminary information, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has won. We heartily congratulate him on his victory and hope that Election Commission will officially confirm the result at the earliest,\u201d the Ministry of External Affairs said in a press statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe Maldivian\u00a0Presidential Election not only marks the triumph of democratic forces in the Maldives, but also reflects the firm commitment to the values of democracy and the rule of law,\u201d MEA said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;In keeping with our &#8216;Neighbourhood First&#8217; Policy,\u00a0India\u00a0looks onward to working closely with the\u00a0Maldives\u00a0in further deepening our partnership,&#8221; the External Affairs Ministry added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih claimed victory in the presidential\u00a0elections early on Monday in a surprise defeat for Yameen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u00a0on Monday congratulated Maldives Opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih for claiming the victory in the Maldivian Presidential Election after securing over 58 percent votes. \u201cWe Welcome the successful completion of presidential election process in the Maldives which, according to preliminary information, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has won. We heartily congratulate him on his victory and hope [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":303141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[5193,574,4356,424],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303140"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303159,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303140\/revisions\/303159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/303141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}