MIC leaders and Indian-based NGOs are peeved by Shahidan's reply in parliament that there is no necessity for a PSC to tackle Indian community problems
PETALING JAYA: Former MIC Youth leader T Mohan lashed out at Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Shahidan Kassim for downplaying the problems faced by the Indian community.
In a response at parliament yesterday, Shahidan had said that Parliament Select Committee (PSC) for the Indian community will only be formed if and when there is a necessity.
The Arau MP reasoned out that Indians are still prominent as lawyers and doctors and only a small fraction of dropout Indians get into social delinquency.
The former youth leader who is vying for MIC’s veep position said that Indian families had to fork out their hard earned savings to realise their children’s dreams to become professionals.
“There are even poor Indian families who had to borrow monies and at times they get into huge debts to assist their children’s education needs,” said Mohan.
He also added that only a small percentage of assistance was given by the government to Indians to excel in professional fields like medicine and law.
Mohan also pointed out that 80% of those involved in crime are Indians as per the statistics provided by the police. This shows that the Indian youths need serious intervention from the government, he added.
“The formation of PSC will show the strong will by the government towards tackling the social problems faced by Indians,” said Mohan.
Mohan also said that the government should address the social problems of a community collectively and not race-based.
Meanwhile, the newly elected MIC Youth chief C Sivaraajh shared similar views, stating that Shahidan should look into the social problems faced particularly by Indian youths, thus the need for the PSC.
He also said that the government should focus in empowering the youths socio-economically to address the issue at hand.
“PSC will certainly help in addressing and finding a solution for the problems faced by Indians.
“No doubt, we also thank the government for the RM200 million allocation for temples since 2009.
“In coming years MIC Youth believes priority should be given to empower youth on entrepreneurship as it will help the country to attain higher income agenda,” he said.
Don’t emulate Mahathir’s style
Meanwhile, Indian NGO, Malaysian Tamilan Today slammed Shahidan for following former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s footsteps in brushing off a PSC for Indians.
The NGO’s national secretary, K Gunasekaran said that Indians faced many problems apart from being involved in crime such as citizenship status, healthcare and others.
“Few months back, Indian youths were the target of police in Ops Cantas Khas.
“Looks like the police only wants to weed out Indian gangsters but never find a way to address and rehabilitate the gangsters or even to find out the rootcause of the problem,” he said.
He also added that if the government was serious in tackling the crime problem among Indian youths, one of the way was to form the PSC to address the issue.
Malaysian Indians Progressive Association’s (Mipas) sec-gen S Barathidasan also joined the chorus in slamming Shahidan for the nonsensical reply in parliament.
PETALING JAYA: Former MIC Youth leader T Mohan lashed out at Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Shahidan Kassim for downplaying the problems faced by the Indian community.
In a response at parliament yesterday, Shahidan had said that Parliament Select Committee (PSC) for the Indian community will only be formed if and when there is a necessity.
The Arau MP reasoned out that Indians are still prominent as lawyers and doctors and only a small fraction of dropout Indians get into social delinquency.
The former youth leader who is vying for MIC’s veep position said that Indian families had to fork out their hard earned savings to realise their children’s dreams to become professionals.
“There are even poor Indian families who had to borrow monies and at times they get into huge debts to assist their children’s education needs,” said Mohan.
He also added that only a small percentage of assistance was given by the government to Indians to excel in professional fields like medicine and law.
Mohan also pointed out that 80% of those involved in crime are Indians as per the statistics provided by the police. This shows that the Indian youths need serious intervention from the government, he added.
“The formation of PSC will show the strong will by the government towards tackling the social problems faced by Indians,” said Mohan.
Mohan also said that the government should address the social problems of a community collectively and not race-based.
Meanwhile, the newly elected MIC Youth chief C Sivaraajh shared similar views, stating that Shahidan should look into the social problems faced particularly by Indian youths, thus the need for the PSC.
He also said that the government should focus in empowering the youths socio-economically to address the issue at hand.
“PSC will certainly help in addressing and finding a solution for the problems faced by Indians.
“No doubt, we also thank the government for the RM200 million allocation for temples since 2009.
“In coming years MIC Youth believes priority should be given to empower youth on entrepreneurship as it will help the country to attain higher income agenda,” he said.
Don’t emulate Mahathir’s style
Meanwhile, Indian NGO, Malaysian Tamilan Today slammed Shahidan for following former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s footsteps in brushing off a PSC for Indians.
The NGO’s national secretary, K Gunasekaran said that Indians faced many problems apart from being involved in crime such as citizenship status, healthcare and others.
“Few months back, Indian youths were the target of police in Ops Cantas Khas.
“Looks like the police only wants to weed out Indian gangsters but never find a way to address and rehabilitate the gangsters or even to find out the rootcause of the problem,” he said.
He also added that if the government was serious in tackling the crime problem among Indian youths, one of the way was to form the PSC to address the issue.
Malaysian Indians Progressive Association’s (Mipas) sec-gen S Barathidasan also joined the chorus in slamming Shahidan for the nonsensical reply in parliament.
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