KOTA RAJA: A disappointed group of Kota Raja PKR division members want its chief Xavier Jeyakumar to quit his post and make way for fresh faces or lose in the coming general election.
Mohd Jaya Abdullah, an ordinary party member, said that it will be very difficult to defend the Seri Andalas state seat if Jeyakumar succeeds in winning the division polls, to be held this Sunday.
He claimed that he was the one who had signed the nomination form for Jeyakumar in the last general election.
"Members have lost confidence in both PKR and Jeyakumar due to his poor performance. I feel that he is holding too many portfolios and this has prevented him from focusing on the division and its members," said Mohd Jaya.
He added that the residents of Kota Raja had very high expectations of Jeyakumar, but unfortunately he failed to fulfil them.
While sharing Mohd Jaya's views, another member Hanapiah Hussein also felt that Jeyakumar should have sought party grassroots leaders' views before making decisions.
"But he is making his decisions after consulting his own 'committee' comprising his family members and cronies," he said.
Hanapiah, who is also the Kampung Jawa branch chief, said that several names of the Kampung Jawa PKR members have “disappeared” from the division's election list.
"How can all these names have disappeared from the list? These are names of people who are strong supporters of Jeyakumar's rival team," he said.
'An ungrateful leader'
One of the “missing” members, A Panner Chelvam, a former supporter of Jeyakumar, said he was unhappy that his membership from Kota Raja was switched to the Shah Alam division.
Panner, a PKR member since 1999, said he received his membership card in 2008. After personal problems with Jeyakumar, he realised that he was no longer a member in Kota Raja.
"When I tried to contact Jeyakumar for clarification, one of his staff said he was in Sabah whereas as I saw him later the same day in Kota Raja.
"Is this the kind of leadership we want?" he asked.
R Sivalingam, another of Jeyakumar's ardent supporter during last general election, said that the latter was an ungrateful leader.
Sivalingam, from Hulu Balang, said he and his friends extended their full support to Jeyakumar in the last general election.
"We provided cars, petrol, canopies for ceramah using our own money. But after he won the seat, he sidelined us and brought his family and cronies into the fray," he told FMT.
"I dare say Jeyakumar is the most ungrateful leader in PKR. It's simple. If he wins the divisional election, it bodes ill for the party," he added.
A Tamil daily claimed that Jeyakumar allegedly spent millions of state government funds and had misused state government machinery in his campaign.
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