KUALA LUMPUR: Former MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu believes that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's dynamic leadership and affirmative policies will win the hearts and minds of the people and lead Barisan Nasional to victory in the next general election.
He said the new brand of politics advocated by Najib through his transformation policies and the 1Malaysia concept, which called for the acceptance of the country's diversity as a source of greater unity, has proven that Najib "is a leader for all communities".The elder statesman of Malaysian Indian politics said Najib's outreach programmes to all communities and his advocating of moderation or wassatiyah through dialogue and peaceful co-existence, had won the hearts and minds of many who had turned their backs on BN in 2008.
"I have been in politics for more than 30 years and I know what the Indian community is thinking now. Never have they seen such a leader who has been so kind to them.
"The (majority of the) Indian community has come back strongly for BN this time around because their grievances have been heard," said Samy Vellu, who became a minister in 1979 until his retirement in 2008.
Samy Vellu noted that there were sizeable numbers of Indians in the Bersih 1.0 and Bersih 2.0 demonstrations in the past, but very few in Bersih 3.0, and this showed that they now felt that "they have a government that was prepared to look into their plight."
Furthermore, Samy Vellu said Najib had won a lot of admiration from the Indian community, especially the Hindus, from his visits to the Sri Subramaniya Temple at Batu Caves during Thaipusam.
Samy Vellu, who has been appointed the country's special envoy with ministerial rank for infrastructure to India and Southern Asia since January last year, said he was happy to be able to use his experience of almost 30 years in government to support Malaysian companies in their overseas expansion for infrastructure projects. Bernama
(Source: www.nst.com.my)
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