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Samy to explain Malaysian situation at Indian diaspora meet
KUALA LUMPUR: A 70-member delegation comprising MIC leaders and Indian-based non-governmental organisations will attend the three-day Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2008 conference in New Delhi tomorrow.
MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, who is leading the delegation, will take the opportunity to explain the real situation of the Indian community in Malaysia.
“I had sought a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to give the real picture of the Indian community in Malaysia. I don’t want them to have any misconceptions about Malaysia,” he said when contacted.
Samy Vellu said there had been a lot of negative publicity in the newspapers in India following the illegal demonstration organised by the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) on Nov 25.
He said there was no truth in the allegations that the Indians in Malaysia have been deprived of so many things and many Hindu temples were demolished arbitrarily.
He said relations between Malaysia and India had been strong and nothing will affect it.
Jan 9 has been chosen as the day to celebrate Pravasi Bharatiya Divas both in India and abroad as it was on this date in 1915 that Mahatma Gandhi returned to India after almost two decades in South Africa.
More than 1,500 delegates from over 50 countries are expected to attend the conference.
