How MIC can help sidelined students

Give them places in AIMST, says PKR’s Rajendran

PETALING JAYA: A PKR leader today challenged MIC to reserve places in its own medical school for poor but bright Indian students.

G Rajendran, vice president of Malacca PKR, said it would be only logical for MIC to use its influence with the Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST) to help qualified Indian students sidelined by the government.

AIMST was set up about 10 years ago by MIC’s education arm, the Maju Institute of Education Development (MIED).

“Since Indian students have been sidelined from Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships, MIC, which claims to be the only caretaker of the Indian community, must provide at least 10 free medical seats every year,” Rajendran said in an interview with FMT.

Cowards and traitors

He accused MIC of failing to fulfil its role as the “Indian voice” in the federal government and to produce a comprehensive plan to solve the community’s problems, especially in educating their children.
He also blasted what he called the “Umno government”, accusing it of “persecuting” the Indian community.

“Every year, Indian students face the same problem; their names get axed from the scholarship list despite their excellent SPM results,” he said.

He called MIC leaders “cowards” for not speaking up against the PSD policy.
“They are cowards. They can only bash clowns like Ibrahim Ali and not the PSD director or the  Education Minister, who are the real traitors of the nation,” he said.