MIC, the political party supposedly to represent the many levels of the Indian community in Malaysia since 1946 has unfortunately after 69 years, due to a broken and divided leadership, victimised Malaysian Indians in their power struggle within their party.
MIC’s failure in uplifting the socio-economic status of the Indian community, despite holding powerful Ministerial and Deputy Ministerial posts over the past decades in the Malaysian cabinet, had resulted with a catastrophic punishment in the 2008 General Election, not just by Malaysian Indians alone, but by every Malaysian demanding for their rights to be treated equally as sons and daughters of the soil under the Malaysian sun.
As to how MIC will garner 3000 votes in the Permatang Pauh by-election, every Malaysian deserves the right to know the modus-operandi of MIC given their “success story” in empowering and uplifting the Indian community that has been marginalised for so long under this UMNO led government. If this modus operandi fails, what will MIC resort to?
Obviously, MIC still think that they are relevant in this period of time where Malaysians are becoming politically mature and are disposing of race based politics. ‘Temple-handouts’ during by-elections and general elections will no longer be able buy Indian votes.
Instead of handing over RM50,000 allocation to a temple in Seberang Jaya, why couldnt MIC, being the champions of Indians, initiate to pool that money and pledge their promise to build a new school to replace the existing dilapidated Sungai Bakap Tamil school, that has withstood the test of time for 67 years now?
Not only is the Deputy Minister for Education P. Kamalanathan busy dodging from answering precisely on the date of the building of the new school, but he had not even addressed this matter in Parliament. A shame of a minister.
Currently, with two Deputy Ministers, and 2 full Ministers from MIC holding decision making positions in the Malaysian Cabinet, why hasnt there been a lobby for the first ever secondary Tamil school to be built in Penang, after land allocation by the Pakatan Rakyat led state government, either in Parliament or out? How effective have the feel-good schemes by MIC and UMNO to resolve long-standing issues of Malaysians without basic identity documentations, the rise of gangaterism, constant racial and religious slurs by the powers that be, the horrific deaths in custody, the lack of job opportunities and employment for youths, the deplorable healthcare system, the poverty in urban and rural areas, the state of the rights of women and children and equity in the nation-building worked so far?
MIC appears more occupied in trying to get their house together and lapping up crumbs from UMNO’s table than to seriously address these matters, resolve them and heal the wounds suffered by Malaysians alike due to their selfish power struggle.
Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, three years ago in Baling, Kedah had publicly apologised for all BN’s past faults. As the MIC Youth and Women’s wing have pledged their undying support to Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak who is now hanging by the skin of his teeth, a Prime Minister who supports the ruthless 6% GST tax-system, a Prime Minister who asked for UMNO to emulate the ‘courage of ISIS’, a Prime Minister who has been totally silent on racial and religious attacks and the 1MDB scandal, it is high time that MIC too must emulate their beloved Prime Minister and apologise for the highest level of betrayal, deception and treachery to Malaysians, especially to the Indian community for the past 69 years.