PM Modi wishes Prez Joko Widodo on winning election in Indonesia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wished President of Indonesia Joko Widodo on commencement of his second Presidential term. PM Modi took to microblogging site Twitter to congratulate Widodo. Prime Minister also called Widodo as a dynamic leer and expressed confidence that friendship and strategic partnership between two countries will deepen furr. Joko Widodo sworn in on Sunday for his second and final five-year term.

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President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, was sworn in for a second term on Sunday with little public fanfare as security forces were on high alert and protests were prohibited in a sign of mounting public frustration with his government. According to reports, in his inaugural speech to Parliament, Widodo, a former furniture manufacturer and Jakarta Goverr, presented a pro-business program of bolstering industry, building infrastructure, and reducing regulations and bureaucracy.

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About Joko Widodo

Jokowi, a popular, heavy metal-loving former businessman from outside political and military elite, was hailed as Indonesia's answer to Barack Obama when he was first elected in 2014, partly on a ros-to-airports infrastructure drive. However, his leership has been under mounting criticism after a wave of crises that threaten to cast a show over his final term.

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Challenges facing president range from nationwide anti-government demonstrations — in which three students died — and smog-belching forest fires that sparked diplomatic tensions with Indonesia's neighbours, to dely unrest in Papua province and a slowdown in Souast Asia's biggest ecomy. It marked a stark reversal of fortune just months after Jokowi scored a thumping re-election victory against a former military general.

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(With input from ncies)