SEREMBAN, Sept 27 — Hindraf has slammed Selangor exco member Dr Xavier Jayakumar for "losing the plot" in the Hindu temple demolition issue.
In a press statement, Hindraf chairman P.Waytha Moorthy said Jayakumar's excuse of not being registered echoed a similar attitude as the previous Barisan Nasional state government.
"The statement by Dr Jayakumar that the Sri Maha Kaliamman Temple is not registered with the Selangor State Council and that it did not fulfill the "format" of registration is a joke and makes a mockery of the basic right to worship of every citizen.
"It appears the PR government is singing the same tune of the previous BN Government in misleading the community to believe that the temple committee was at fault for not registering the temple," he stated.
The Sri Maha Kaliamman temple was torn down on Sept 9 by the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council but the Pakatan Rakyat state government had claimed it breached a directive barring the destruction of any places of worship put in place soon after it had won the March 8 polls.
"Is the Pakatan Rakyat government willing to lodge police reports on the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council?" Waytha asked in his statement.
He also maintained that there are no provisions under the law to register the existence of a temple and that all temples exist legally under Article 11 of the Federal Constitution.
As such, Waytha, the movement's leader-in-exile, has challenged Jayakumar to produce the necessary provisions of state law that stipulates the necessity of the "format".
"To add insult to injury he had the audacity to say this is not a temple but a shrine. Is he trying to indicate that it was okay to demolish a shrine?
"The problem with these politicians is they do not give a damn about the feelings of Hindus and the need to provide and gazette places of worship belonging to Hindus," Waytha added.
1 comment:
Sorry guys.
This time you are barking against the wrong 'tree'.
Ronnie, Jayakumar and the MP for that constituency are coming forth with explanations.
They have acknowledged that the demolition was against existing guidelines.
Do you not see the difference?
The last time, under Khir Toyo - it was dead silence.
Now the state government guys are talking and explaining.
Even the MP for the area is also explaining.
All may not be in the same frequency - but the point is they are talking.
MIC and the BN did not care to say anything those days.
You guys better acknowledge that there is a change now.
If you don't, you will be also doomed.
And when you want to whack someone check both sides of the story.
So - was the place of worship constructed properly? Registered? Proper committee functioning?
MIC seems to take up issues only now - when they have almost been wiped out in the elections and do not hold government posts.
Otherwise, like in previous years, all it takes is for these fools to accept and enjoy things for personal benefit and ignore the plight of the proletariat.
Thats how, MIC got its piece of land in Damansara for its HQ - at the expense of an allocation for some other purpose.
Dig some more everywhere and you can unearth more of this rubbish and it will dawn upon you that for every so called benefit that was delivered to the Indian community, these buggers would have taken a slice of it for their personal benefit.
Real malu-lah these MIC buggers.
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