{"id":2201,"date":"2008-07-15T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/indian\/2008\/07\/15\/hindraf-may-reject-pakatan-rakyat\/"},"modified":"2008-07-15T08:13:27","modified_gmt":"2008-07-15T00:13:27","slug":"hindraf-may-reject-pakatan-rakyat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/indian\/2008\/07\/15\/hindraf-may-reject-pakatan-rakyat\/","title":{"rendered":"HINDRAF may reject Pakatan Rakyat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, if earlier there was discontent due to selection of councillors<\/a> in Perak (only 48 Indians were selected), now HINDRAF outrightly declares<\/a> that it will support only to those parties that is able to improve the Indian community’s standing. So say its national information coordinator S. Jayathas who foresee a time when Hindraf would have to split ranks and support Barisan Nasional instead, if Barisan proved it could do better:<\/p>\n

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It would be up to the Hindraf chairman to decide whether to split from Pakatan. The challenge now is for Pakatan and Barisan to prove who can do better. We will wait and see. Until then, we will keep on demanding that Pakatan work for the betterment of the Indians.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Jayathas said Hindraf sought support from the Opposition because MIC had failed to address the community\u2019s issues in Parliament. Jayathas stressed that Hindraf was a group that also wanted better job opportunities, respect and dignity for the Indian community. He added that Hindraf\u2019s allegiance with the Opposition parties did not mean that the group had given up on MIC.<\/p>\n

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Now, this can be read in many ways –<\/p>\n

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1. HINDRAF may realise that Pakatan Rakyat is not able to help in its quest as fast as it wanted too.<\/p>\n

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2. Government is beginning to introduce policies and goodies for the community.<\/p>\n

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3. MIC is trying to change itself to be better.<\/p>\n

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Even though the above three are all “work in progress”, I’ll say that groups like HINDRAF are not political parties. They are civil rights or pressure groups who fight for a particular issue – in this case Indian community rights vis-a-vis equal rights for Malaysian citizens.<\/p>\n

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So, they will see who will best support their ideals. Earlier, Waytha asked the community to support opposition and we saw the effect in last General Elections. Many of the safe seats fell.<\/p>\n

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If now Waytha says don’t support Pakatan Rakyat coalition in Perak, what will happen? Can we see the assemblymen like Sivanesan, Keshvinder, Sivakumar etc. jump to BN or at least be independent? Will this help BN to gain back Perak by August 31st?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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