'Don't interfere with Makkal Sakti' - Malaysiakini

The youth wing of the Malaysia Makkal Sakthi Party (MMSP) is against the intervention of a third force in its current political turmoil and wants only the party members to decide on the party's future political direction.

Its national youth chief K Ramu (right) told Malaysiakini today that the internal problems faced by the four-month party should be decided only by the members and there should be no interference from outside forces including Umno.

“Only members who gave birth to the party should have the final say in its fate and a third force interfering in our internal matters will only worsen the political scenario,” Ramu reasoned.

Premier Najib Abdul Razak had given his blessings to the party on Oct 10 last year.

However, the executive council members soon became unhappy with the party president RS Thanenthiran's political direction and revolted against him.

Two factions

This led to a split in the party with Thanenthiran heading one faction while the other was headed by party deputy A Vathemurthy and a stormy war of words began between the two factions with allegations and counter-allegations.

This led to each of the two factions claiming control that eventually led to a civil suit being filed against the Registrar of Societies and Thanenthiran for alleged falsification of the party constitution without first getting the approval of the party central committee.

Ramu is a grassroots youth leader and played a major role in recruiting youths into the party.

This youth leader had high hopes of the party replacing the banned Hindraf movement to cater for the needs of the Indian community in the country.

However, his dreams were shattered when internal squabbling lead to the split in the party and now he wonders whether the correct leader was selected to lead the party to greater heights.

He alleged that Thanenthiran (left) had initially basked in the political limelight of the party's birth but then did not carry out any programmes for the benefit of the Indian community.

“The Indian community in the country is rudderless now as there is no dedicated or committed community leader who can really uplift the social and economic status of this marginalised group.

The problem is that most of the so-called Indian leaders in the country give priority to their own political and personal agendas rather than championing the cause of the sidelined community,” he lamented.

This has resulted in the Indian community being in the doldrums and neglected for the past 52 years, he added.