KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 (Bernama) -- The MIC today lauded Datuk Seri Mohd
Najib Tun Razak's decision to appoint Hindu Rights Action Force
(Hindraf)'s chairman P.Waythamoorthy as a deputy minister, saying that
the prime minister was giving higher priority to the Indian community.
"Waytha had previously made extremely negative accusation at the PM and
Barisan Nasional, but the very fact that the PM is willing to set aside
all this shows that the PM puts the development of the Indian community
above his own feelings," MIC strategic director S.Vell Paari said in a
statement.
He said that it was a testimony that Najib was committed in his promise
to uplift the socio-economic standard of the Indian Community.
Yesterday, the prime minister announced the post-election cabinet
line-up that includes two ministers and four deputy ministers from the
Indian community.
Besides MIC president Datuk Seri G.Palanivel who was appointed National
Resources and Environment Minister and his deputy Datuk Seri Dr
S.Subramaniam as Health Minster, four others were appointed deputy
ministers -- Datuk M.Saravanan (Youth and Sports), P.Kamalanathan
(Education), Datuk Dr J.Loga Bala Mohan (Federal Territories) and
P.Wyathamoorthy (Prime Minister's Department).
"As far as I am concerned, the more Indians holding government posts,
the merrier," said Vell Paari, adding that MIC must restructure and
revamp the party in terms of ideology, policy and approach to remain
relevant to all Malaysians.
(Source: Bernama)
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