Muniandy an accident victim is unable to work anymore and can only afford to live in a hut/shack (Tamil Nesan 20/10/2009 at page 7). He has a wife and children to feed. UMNO’s Perak MIC mandore does a fine job by giving him a mere hamper, gets to play to the tamil newspaper gallery plays “paper politics”, scores political points and then this poor Muniandy is forgotten and left out in the cold. This has been the practice for over the last 52 years by UMNO’s mandore MIC and now ably continued by the PKR and DAP Indian DCM II, EXCO, MP and ADUN mandores.
Why can’t Muniandy be given the 10 acres land in the Agropolitan land ownership Scheme in Trolak, Perak or in Felda, Felcra, Risda, Fama etc. At least Muniandy with the help of his wife and children could tend to the rubber or oil palm plantation, rear the Agricultre and Agro based Ministry’s high yielding cows goats, chicken, ducks and grow vegetables which would instantly take them out of poverty, out of the state “peanuts” Welfare system of a mere RM 200.00 per month or so and eventually out of their daily mysery. After 25 years they get to become the legal owners of their 10 acres of land. Their children would then be able to get proper education and rise above the poverty level.
But under the 52 year old UMNO regime, the Indian are excluded from these land schemes and also from the national mainstream development of Malaysia. But then UMNO Prime Minister Najib Razak calls this One Malaysia but practices two systems!
P. Uthayakumar.
www.humanrightspartymalaysia.com
1 comment:
You are right sir. Why not involve poor and able Malaysian Indians in some of the goverment programs. This is true one Malaysia.
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