Students joining political party

November 26th, 2009 by poobalan | View blog reactions Leave a reply »
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Students are not allowed to join political parties at least that’s what AUKU says. I guess it doesn’t apply for foreign students since I remember some parties have foreign branches in UK, Russia and so on.

Latest to open a branch is Putera MIC. They set up a branch in Indonesia.

MIC Youth chief T. Mohan, who launched the movement here recently, also announced the appointment of S. Moganaraj, a fourth year medical student at the Universiti Padjajaran, as the movement’s coordinator.

Moganaraj would coordinate the formation of Putera MIC Indonesia committees throughout the country, Mohan said.

“For a start, we have registered about 80 students as Putera MIC Indonesia members. We hope to register at least half or about 400 of 800 Malaysian Indian students in the country,” he said here.

Announcing the formation of Putera MIC Indonesia at a Deepavali celebration organised by Indian students here last Monday, Mohan said Putera MIC Indonesia would ensure Malaysian students abroad were able to receive accurate information on events back home.

Just like Umno clubs overseas, which cater to the Malay students, Mohan said the Putera MIC Indonesia would not be involved in politics but would focus on student activities and maintaining close relations with central MIC.

Mohan said at this initial stage, Putera MIC in Indonesia would also look out for activities involving Indian female students.

Meanwhile, Malaysian Students Department director in Indonesia Datuk Dr Junaidi Abu Bakar said the department welcomed the Putera MIC.

He said that the movement would be an additional platform for students to carry out activities in the 1Malaysia spirit.

He said Putera MIC would be affiliated to the Malaysian National Students Association in Indonesia.

Like those by Umno clubs here, Putera MIC’s activities would also involve the participation of students of other races, he said.

Its good that students are exposed to political parties so that they can get some idea on the workings and importance. Maybe some of them will be future leaders in the parties.

I do wonder though, how many people join political parties for own benefit, hoping to gain something through the contacts. For some, its just like any other business network or associations, I guess.

Q: what would motivate you to join a political party? Is it a necessity to be a member of a party?

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