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MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the party had been holding discussions with Hindraf youth leaders in Kedah, Perak and Selangor, which he said went well. He said the meetings went well as the Hindraf leaders realised that the MIC was also fighting to upgrade the living standards of the Indian community.
“Whatever happened in the past, especially in the March polls, is history. We must work together for the betterment of the community,” he said, claiming that some of the Hindraf leaders also regretted their decision to support the opposition.
However, the overtures were rejected outright by the intended bride.
Hindraf national event co-ordinator Kannan Ramasamy, when contacted, said he was baffled by Samy Velu’s claims as none of the movement’s 10 coordinators had met any MIC leaders.
“Hindraf does not have a membership roll. It is led by P. Waythamoorthy who is assisted by 10 coordinators and as far as I know, none of us had met anyone from the MIC,” added Kannan.
Both Thanenthiran and Kannan advised Samy Vellu to back off and concentrate on rebuilding the MIC.
Rebutting Samy’s claims that some Hindraf leaders also regretted their decision to support the opposition, Kannan said Hindraf has never regretted convincing the Indians to vote for the opposition in the 12th general election as the move had brought much improvement for the community in some parts of the country. “We have noted that a lot of improvement has taken place for Indians in the five states led by the Pakatan Rakyat coalition since the election,” he said.
Hindraf national coordinator R.S Thanenthiran concurred and added the best thing that happened from supporting the opposition was the awareness created that Indians mattered in the country. “For the first time ever, it has been made known to the minority Indians that they had the power to bring changes through the ballot box,” he added.
So, will the wedding take place?
Poobalan
I am sure you feel rather foolish right for making this comment ?
Perhaps this shows your lack of familiarity with the HINDRAF situation. HINDRAF is not one organisation but many groups now claiming to be the real McCoy. In fact no one outside of Kamunting has any credibility to lead HINDRAF. There are many people who are unhappy about Waytha Moorthy and don’t accept Thanendran as the leaders. It seems (I am not sure myself I admit) that Thanendran did not take part in the Nov 25th demo and did not contribute much. Also I did mention about the many scandals that happened in Penang about this guy. Kannan, Thanedran and the 8 other coordinators are just “tin kosong” whom do not have even Uthaya’s support. No one really bothered about them. They tried some stunts to show that they are the true leaders but fell flat (that rose parade,etc)
What Samy is saying is he is talking to the other splinter group of HINDRAF and their supporters. There are many of them. I am not sure whom he actually talking to but personally I am aware of ex-MIC members returning to the party in many states. I also know that the support for HINDRAF has reduced dramatically. In fact if I am SV, I would even bother about HINDRAF for they are destined to fall apart.
I wouldn’t be surprised if even ppl like VJ, Killi, Sactyr and Arya give up on HINDRAF soon.
errr…nope Killer, I don’t feel foolish. I am curious why Star and Malaysiakini have two conflicting reports.
Killer , think differently . At least those 10ppl you mentioned have the “guts” to coordinate or lead for the sake of the community . Do you think it’s ‘kacang putih’ to lead a simple minority which never strong in social/economic/politis .
How about you ? Or even to support MIC would you ?
If the existing political leaders had what it takes years back such differing opinions and disparity would not be here now .
A rise of one is depending of fall of another !
Well, depends who gets to play husband and who gets to play wife 😀
Even if it did happen, i am pretty sure there would be “affairs” & “keeps”.