The Hindraf offshoot today announced their intention to contest in three parliamentary and its accompanying state seats: Kota Raja (Seri Andalas and Seri Muda), Kuala Selangor (Ijok and Bukit Melawati) and Kelana Jaya (Seri Setia).
Their leader P Uthayakumar (centre in photo) will be vying for both a state and parliamentary seat."Our candidate for P111 Kota Raja and N49 Seri Andalas will be P Uthayakumar," said HRP's protem national treasurer A Sugumaran at a press conference today.
HRP is one of the factions that resulted from a multiple split in the Hindu rights movement Hindraf after its milestone street protest in 2007.
Uthayakumar's brother Waythamoorthy heads another offshoot that has been attempting to court both Pakatan Rakyat and BN with its blueprint to solve the problems of the Indian community.
Uthaya upbeat on winning
Uthayakumar said he has chosen to run in Kota Raja because the constituency has roughly 29 percent Indian voters, whom he expects to support his movement.
He expects the 44 percent Malay voters to be split between BN and Pakatan.He is counting on getting the full Indian vote and a part of the Chinese vote to secure him a safe win.
He added that BN is unlikely to have a strong presence due to the absence of Felda voters, Orang Asli and army postal voters that are the ruling party’s "fixed deposit".
Uthayakumar said their theme for the election will be 'Send the first Hindraf MP to Parliament'.
He said having a Hindraf rep in the house will be able to solve the problems of poverty and statelessness afflicting the Indian community.
“If I have power, I can do a lot more, but up to now all I can do is to highlight the issues,” he said.
HRP, an attempt to turn the Hindraf movement into a political force, has however been frustrated by the Registrar of Societies’ rejection of their application.
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