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Youth wings to tackle community’s woes
KUALA LUMPUR: The youth wings of the MIC, People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and Indian Progressive Front (IPF) sat down together for the first time yesterday to discuss and join hands in tackling problems faced by the Indian community.
At the meeting chaired by MIC Youth chief S.A. Vigneswaran, they decided to form committees at division, state and national level to address the issues of temples, Tamil schools and job opportunities in the civil service.
“Any problem which cannot be resolved will be brought to the attention of MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu to bring it to the Cabinet,” he said after the two-hour meeting.
PPP youth chief T. Murugiah and IPF youth chief R. Ravishankar were also present.
“The opposition parties are saying that we have not done anything but who is responsible for the benefits enjoyed by the community for the past 50 years?
“It is MIC with the support of PPP and the IPF who had fought and obtained land for temples and Tamil schools,” he said.
Vigneswaran said opposition parties like the DAP and Parti Keadilan Rakyat were using these issues to woo Indian votes.
“The issue is not really who cares or does good for the community. I believe the Indians will not be hoodwinked by such tactics.”
