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MIUP top leaders defect again
March 12th, 2008 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email
BN welcomes MIUP
February 22nd, 2008 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Only to support it. MIUP can forget about joining BN since the sole guardian of the community is already there. At most, MIUP can start dreaming about a senatorship.
MIUP will campaign for BN
February 18th, 2008 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email I was wondering what happened to the party that launched itself on the day Indians took to the streets to protest against discrimination. Looks like still alive! » Read more: MIUP will campaign for BN
MIUP a sleeping tiger?
January 11th, 2008 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Well, I’ll be the crouching dragon then 🙂 Come on la…what is this? Talking like in tamil movies. If this party is really serious, please come up with the manifesto and plans. Already more than 47 days since launching, and nothing other than lot of air. Even Hindraf which organised the rally on the same day as MIUP launch are planning for second one and have created a mental revolution in Indians. What is MIUP doing? Where’s the website? Where’s the press conference? Election coming soon, what’s your stand and opinion? I think PKR no need to waste time with this party. Better concentrate on election, which is bread and butter issue for politicians.
The issue started with MIUP president Nalla’s verbal assault on Anwar, followed by PKR Gobalakrishnan replying to Nalla. Not satisfied with that, more PKR leaders jumped on Nalla.
| MIUP: Don’t awaken ‘sleeping tiger’ http://malaysiakini.com/news/76959 |
| Syed Jaymal Zahiid | Jan 11, 08 6:35pm |
| Fledgling Indian-based party MIUP said they are ready for a debate with rival party PKR about issues concerning the Indian community.Newly formed Indian-based Malaysian Indian United Party (MIUP) said they would gladly accept rival Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s (PKR) challenge to debate on issues concerning the Indian Malaysian community.
“Don’t awaken the sleeping tiger. If KS Nallakarupan (MIUP’s president) is to debate on the issues of the Indian community, be sure that PKR will be defeated,” said the party’s vice-president R Jagathisvaran at a press conference held Nallakarupan’s house at the exclusive residential area of Bukit Tunku in Kuala Lumpur today. The statement was made following an ongoing war of words between the MIUP president and PKR leaders since last week, both accusing each other of sly political maneuvering to rake in the votes from the Indian Malaysian community. Jagathisvaran said that MIUP had ‘a team of more than capable people’ and is prepared to confront PKR and debate on the positions of Indian Malaysians in this country. MIUP Deputy President S Arumugam, who was present at the press conference, said his president could issue a ‘list of sacrifices’ that he (Nallakarupan) had made in the name of the Indian Malaysian community during his tenure as MIC Deputy Youth Chief. “Can S Manickavasagam of PKR, the person whom demanded that my president come up with a list of sacrifices that he has made for the Indian Malaysian community, do the same?” asked Arumugam. “He (Manickavasigam) is merely a supreme council member of PKR. He has no credentials whatsoever to mount that kind of challenge against MIUP’s president,” said Arumugam. Political ambitions Jagathisvaran, however, said the MIUP leadership would only answer calls for a debate if PKR President Wan Azizah Ismail and her husband, party advisor Anwar Ibrahim, themselves issued a the challenge. As for the accusation by PKR leaders that Nallakarupan was only exploiting the issues facing the Indian Malaysian community for political ends, Jagathisvaran said, “Why not?” The MIUP vice-president said his president’s political ambitions had prompted him to make his various sacrifices for the interests of the Indian Malaysian community. “Is PKR a party without any political ambition? If that is the case than it is a sad chapter for Malaysian politics,” said Jagathisvaran. Arumugam , meanwhile, claimed that PKR’s ‘uncalled for’ attack on his party was caused by the latter’s frustration over the fact that Nallakarupan had left PKR to form MIUP. He said PKR’s criticisms had been sparked by the fact that MIUP had sworn to support for the Barisan Nasional-led government and the leadership of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. |
what goes around comes around, nalla
January 9th, 2008 | Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email First it was PKR leader Gobalakrishnan, now the rest of PKR Indian leaders have come out guns blazing. Looks like PKR is heading into mini crisis. MIC in crisis, MCA in crisis, PKR in crisis, 2 parties in Sabah at loggerheads. Who benefits?
Read about Nalla's outburst and Gobalakrishnan's reply at:
http://poobalan.com/blog/borninmalaysia/2008/01/08/pkr-gobala-hits-back-at-nalla/
| PKR to Nalla: What did you do for the Indians? http://malaysiakini.com/news/76882 |
| Chua Sue-Ann | Jan 9, 08 5:19pm |
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Turning the tables on Malaysian Indian United Party (MIUP) president KS Nallakarupan, PKR today posed the same question he had asked their leader Anwar Ibrahim. Early this week, Nallakarupan had lambasted Anwar for allegedly lying to the Indian community in a bid to secure votes. He also challenged Anwar to reveal what he had done for the Indian community when he was deputy premier and finance minister. At a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, PKR leaders threw back the same question, and more, at their former colleague. “When Nallakarupan was MIC Youth deputy chief, what did he do for the Indian community?” asked PKR supreme council member S Manickavasagam. The video clip, filmed at a PKR function last August, showed Nallakarupan expressing support for Anwar and PKR in Tamil. “When Nallakarupan joined (PKR), he said he had been friends with Anwar for 30 years and (they) were … blood brothers,” pointed out PKR deputy secretary-general Dr Xavier Jayakumar. Back then, Jayakumar added, Nallakarupan declared that Anwar would be able to raise the issues of Indian poverty and would do whatever he could to uplift poor Indians. 'Contest, if you dare' “The question now is, who is behind Nallakarupan?” said the PKR leader before challenging the MIUP president and his men to contest against PKR in the coming general elections. Jayakumar also challenged Nallakarupan to a debate on the position of Indians in Malaysia. Meanwhile, Manikavasingam claimed that Nallakarupan had quit PKR last May because of his political ambitions. Jayakumar refuted Nallakarupan’s claim that he brought almost 10,000 Indian members to PKR and that “many” followed his decision to quit the party. The PKR leader said many of the leaders who left with Nallakarupan have since returned to the party. |
The opposition party leaders also revealed news reports and a video-clip showing Nallakarupan praising Anwar. 
“If he really wants to be in politics, take up the challenge. If Nallakarupan dares … ask him to enter the court to compete in the coming elections and see how much support he receives,” he added. 
