The Indian prime minister recently published some pictures of himself lounging beachside that prompted a surge of online support, a diplomatic incident and the suspension of three government officials in the country’s tiny neighbour, the Maldives.
Narendra Modi’s X account, which has more than 94mn followers, posted a thread in which he described a visit to India’s tropical Lakshadweep islands, in the Laccadive Sea off the Kerala coast.
The posts showed Modi interacting with residents, bathing in snorkel gear and gazing pensively out to sea wrapped in a shawl, despite January temperatures that reach highs of about 30C.
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