Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Just 3 days before Thaipusam? Hmmm…i hope they serve ample vegetarian dishes 🙂 if they can get 15,000 people to attend in the first place. All division leaders + 1000 members from each state should be just about enough.
MIC members set to pledge support for Barisan Nasional and PM Abdullah
BERNAMA
KUALA LUMPUR, Thu.:
More than 15,000 MIC members and supporters will gather here on Jan 20 to pledge their support to the Barisan Nasional (BN) and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the gathering, to be held at the Cheras Badminton Stadium, would be the first in a series of gatherings throughout the country aimed at bolstering the party’s strength and support for the Barisan Nasional (BN) ahead of the ninth general election.
He said that besides Abdullah, who is also BN chairman, and Deputy Prime Minister and deputy BN chairman Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak would also be invited to the gathering.
“Similar meetings will be held in all the states in stages,” he said in a statement here today.
He said the prime minister will also deliver an important address at the Jan 20 gathering.
“The prime minister is expected to emphasise the importance of staying united in a multi-racial and multi-religious country,” he added.
He said the gatherings are also aimed at explaining to party members and the Indian community the struggles, achievements and challenges confronting the community to send a loud and clear message to the opposition that the Indian community would always stand solidly behind the BN.
Samy Vellu said MIC members are united in thwarting attempts by certain quarters to stir up racial and religious issues for their own political agenda.
He expressed disgust at some opposition parties for using Hindu temples to flare up racial and religious issues.
“This is a new trend where they get a few Indians to hold political ceramah in temples because they know that people (Hindus) will come for prayers,” he said.
Samy Vellu urged the Indian community not to be fooled by the opposition.
“The Indians must think of their future and the country’s well-being and not allow themselves to be hoodwinked by the opposition,” he said.
