Poser for Dr M's 'cheerleader' – What did ex-PM do for Indians?

Replies came like clockwork, without missing a beat. A truly trivial criticism of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak being called the “Father of Indian Development” from the usual Indian crusaders within Pakatan Harapan - Charles Santiago and P Ramasamy.

Clearly bereft of any clear plans of progress for the minority, the opposition is still singing the same old tune when in fact MIC and BN have moved forward to better provide for the Indian community in this country with concrete plans and detailed execution which have produced tangible results.

What has opposition produced so far to counter the development plans and execution strategy of BN?

The best the opposition could do was to recruit Indian political castaways and rejects into their fold; with most of them having major baggage under their belts and not a single ounce of achievement in helping the Indian community throughout their political careers.

It is a shame that Harapan leaders think that having these spin masters on the ground would tinker the minds of the Indian community in Malaysia.

Let's make this very clear, Najib is by far the biggest contributor to the ethnic minority in the country. Due to this commitment and effort by the PM, Sabah, Sarawak and Indian votes keep coming back to BN as they know that only BN will and always be able to protect their interests.

As of now, over RM900 million worth of assistance has been provided to Tamil schools, the MyDaftar programme has been initiated to resolve documentation issues affecting the Indian community, Indian intake into public higher learning institutions has been increased, more than RM100 million has been given to Indian places of worship, RM1.3 billion for micro-financing schemes and the most ambitious, the implementation of the Malaysian Indian Blueprint (MIB) to once and for all resolve the majority of Indian community-related issues within the next 10 years.

Are these measures not serious enough for Ramasamy?

Perhaps we should list down what Harapan's “Top Dog” Dr Mahathir Mohamad has done in his long reign of 22 years as prime minister for the Indian community.

It has to be remembered that Ramasamy (photo) himself in an article on FMT, dated Aug 10, 2016, admitted that:

“In fact, it could be said that Mahathir’s era was the worst time for Indians in the country. It was during this period that Indians lost out to other communities. Mahathir, driven by a pathological desire to deny his Indian ancestry, ensured that the problems faced by the Indian community were not given any importance.”

So why the sudden U-turn by Ramasamy in becoming the cheerleader of Mahathir?

1. Who caused the reduction of Indians within the civil service?
2. Who caused the systematic displacement of Indians from estates and into downtrodden longhouses and shackles they were forced to live in?
3. Who initiated the unfair intake into universities?

By Ramasamy's logic,  are we here at a low point in the history of the Indian community because of Najib?

Please get your head out of your concocted reality.

We have all come to agree that the government needs to revamp the policies of the yester-year dictator, which is exactly what is being done by Najib's government currently. If you (Ramasamy) can’t see through your clouded political lens, then you are doing injustice to the needs of the Indian community.

Week in week out, you have discharged your verbal attacks on the prime minister, regurgitating the same old arguments to make you look mighty and wise.

It might be more prudent to include some logic and a lot more sensibility in future comments as the readers are left bamboozled of such fictitious arguments that do not do justice to the position you have been elected to at the moment.

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S VELL PAARI is the treasurer-general of MIC.- Mkini