KUALA LUMPUR: Hulu Selangor Parliamentary candidate,
P.Kamalanathan lauded the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for
giving recognition to The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf).
"The chairman of Hindraf, Waytha Moorthy, had gone over to Opposition
leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim 26 times in order to discuss their
blueprints, and no recognition was given, let alone a discussion.
"One day before Waytha Moorthy was scheduled to meet the Prime
Minister, Anwar had called him over, and despite Waytha's effort to be
hopefully present for the promised meeting, Anwar was not present," he
said during a visit to an MIC operations room in Batang Kali.
Kamalanathan said that Waytha had not expressed any ill intentions.
"All he had asked for, was for the betterment of the indian community
and was rightfully deserving of an opportunity to put forward his
ideas," he added.
Kamalanathan shared that,Pakatan Rakyat, had once used the "Makkal
Sakti" (People power) tagline to campaign during the 2008 elections, in
order to appeal to the indian community.
"Taking that into consideration, now choosing not to recognise
Hindraf and neglecting their needs and intentions seems like an act of
unfairness,"
Recently,a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Hindraf and Barisan Nasional was signed to make
right all previous shortcomings in addressing the plight of
marginalised Malaysians, including the poor among the Indian community.
The MoU which was signed by Datuk
Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor on behalf of BN while Waytha Moorthy
represented his organisation was witnessed by the Prime Minister.
The memorandum was described
as a smart partnership between BN and Hindraf, the MoU aims to bring
poor Indians into the mainstream of the country's development.
(Source: http://www.nst.com.my)
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