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MIC will not be threatened even if the released Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders decide to form a political party, said MIC president S Samy Vellu today.
According to him, many Indian-based parties have emerged and fizzled out over the decades while MIC is still here.
“In the last 64 years of MIC’s existence so many Indian parties were formed, they formed, they talked, and after sometime they demised… it’s not going to be a threat to us,” he told reporters in Kuala Lumpur.
Touching on the popularity of Hindraf, Samy Vellu said there is one question which remains unanswered.
“How big are Hindraf leaders’ supporters, what is the percentage of support they have, we cannot judge things based on what we saw on Nov 25, 2007 (during the street protest).
“MIC has a new way of doing things, new way of getting younger people to come and work with MIC now,” he added.
Samy Vellu was asked to respond to the possibility of Hindraf taking its struggle into the political sphere by becoming a political entity.
This is following the government’s decision to release all five Hindraf leaders held under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
The five were arrested in December 2007 after mounting the massive street protest which saw tens of thousands of Indian Malaysians taking to the streets to vent their frustrations against the government.
Hindraf has since been outlawed by the government.
‘Inhuman’ remark
Asked on the possibility of engaging Hindraf leaders in a dialogue, Samy Vellu lashed out at one particular Hindraf leader, M Manoharan.
“I will not say dialogue with Hindraf leaders because of a very nasty statement made by Manoharan (in response to a statement made by MIC secretary-general Dr S Subramaniam).
“When I say hello can I shake hands with you and you bite my hand, it’s not human, we are not asking them to join MIC, we don’t want them, his style is very different, he’s a DAP man, how can we ask them to join? MIC is MIC, DAP is DAP.
“Their culture is very different too, theirs is an opposition culture,” he added.
Manoharan, who is also the Kota Alam state assemblyperson, said he would never join “the sinking ship” MIC because he was “born to be with DAP.”
He also stressed that he rejected the MIC culture and that is why he had prevented his supporters from garlanding him upon his release.
Earlier, MIC launched its new portal in a bid to engage the internet-savvy young Indian Malaysians.
The portal will serve as the party’s news organ and an online membership engine, said Samy Vellu in his speech.
“The community can now interact and communicate with MIC anytime and anywhere in real time. We want to hear from the community, we want them to tell us what they want and how we could assist them.
“When we do mistakes, we want the community to let us know, advise us and make recommendations. This is the kind of relationship we want to have with the community,” he added.
(Source : Malaysiakini.com)
Come on Unc.SAM, lets give others a chance to do something 4 the INDIANZ..we have live in darkness for 52 years, when u gone show us the light my dear uncle 🙂
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