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India inviting BIMSTEC member states to the BRICS outreach meeting in 2016 and to the recent Republic-Day Parade has been realised by many as India’s new strategic move and ignoring of SAARC. PM, Modi invites BIMSTEC rather than SAARC member states has raised many questions among scholars. This has been seen by many as India’s new regional politics in its neighbourhood. His main objective is to keep Pakistan and its best friend China out of the South Asian regional groupings.
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