Suspended Maldives Minister Mariyam Shiuna has apologised after a social media post, in which she shared an image that allegedly disrespected the Indian national flag, sparked outrage.
The post, which has since been deleted, showed an opposition party’s campaign poster, where the party’s logo had been replaced with the Ashok Chakra on the Tricolour, ahead of parliamentary elections in the island nation
Mariyam Shiuna belongs to Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s ruling party and used her now-deleted social media post to call for a vote for her party. “The MDP is heading towards a big slip. The people of Maldives don’t want to fall and slip with them,” read the post.
“I extend my sincerest apologies for any confusion or offence caused by the content of my recent post. It was brought to my attention that the image used in my response to the Maldivian opposition party MDP bore a resemblance to the Indian flag. I want to make it clear that this was entirely unintentional, and I sincerely regret any misunderstanding it may have caused,” she said in a post on X.
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