The party's former youth leader says there are three splinter groups within the party and this is confusing its members.
GEORGE TOWN: Depending on who you believe, Malaysia Makkal Sakthi Party (MMSP) is in disarray. Its former youth chief N Ramu says all is not well within the party.
Ramu says the party is riven with factions. The splinter groups in the party are led by RS Thanenthiran and A Vathemurthy and now there is a new player -Venason Michael.
He said when MMSP was originally formed by 14 Hindraf defectors in 2009, the party was meant to champion the Indian cause independently.
But now, he said separate factions formed by self-acclaimed leaders have strayed from its original goals.
He said each faction leaders have recruited and appointed their cronies into respective leaderships to strengthen their political positions and bargaining power.
“I am ashamed to say that the splinter groups have messed up MMSP and everyone wants to be the leader,” Ramu told FMT. He was accompanied by former MMSP Penang Youth chief K Apana Raja.
Ramu called on all MMSP factions to either close shop or unite under one umbrella organisation to avoid more embarrassment.
He blasted the faction leaders for hoodwinking the MMSP’s genuine members and Indian community as if they were serving the people.
“In reality they are all untrustworthy and dishonest,” he said.
A new team in the fray
He chided the faction leaders for blatantly abusing the magical mantra ‘Makkal Sakti’ (people’s power), which was Hindraf’s battle cry during the 2007 – 2008 period, to justify their crooked ways.
Shortly after its official launching by Barisan Nasional chairman and Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak in October 2009, MMSP split into two.
One faction was headed by its founder president Thanenthiran and another by Vathemurthy.
Vathemurthy’s group has also a filed a case in the court to challenge Thanenthiran’s legitimacy.
Thanenthiran’s group has remained Barisan National-friendly while the Vathemurthy faction is now backing Pakatan Rakyat after a brief spell of supporting BN.
Now Venason, a largely unknown former CWC member of the original MMSP, has formed his own faction of the party.
He conducted his faction annual general meeting in Seremban on Sunday. What irked Ramu most is that he has been unwittingly appointed as Venason’s faction CWC member.
“I have nothing to do with it and was caught unaware.I don’t even recognise Venason splinter group,” said Ramu.
GEORGE TOWN: Depending on who you believe, Malaysia Makkal Sakthi Party (MMSP) is in disarray. Its former youth chief N Ramu says all is not well within the party.Ramu says the party is riven with factions. The splinter groups in the party are led by RS Thanenthiran and A Vathemurthy and now there is a new player -Venason Michael.
He said when MMSP was originally formed by 14 Hindraf defectors in 2009, the party was meant to champion the Indian cause independently.
But now, he said separate factions formed by self-acclaimed leaders have strayed from its original goals.
He said each faction leaders have recruited and appointed their cronies into respective leaderships to strengthen their political positions and bargaining power.
“I am ashamed to say that the splinter groups have messed up MMSP and everyone wants to be the leader,” Ramu told FMT. He was accompanied by former MMSP Penang Youth chief K Apana Raja.
Ramu called on all MMSP factions to either close shop or unite under one umbrella organisation to avoid more embarrassment.
He blasted the faction leaders for hoodwinking the MMSP’s genuine members and Indian community as if they were serving the people.
“In reality they are all untrustworthy and dishonest,” he said.
A new team in the fray
He chided the faction leaders for blatantly abusing the magical mantra ‘Makkal Sakti’ (people’s power), which was Hindraf’s battle cry during the 2007 – 2008 period, to justify their crooked ways.
Shortly after its official launching by Barisan Nasional chairman and Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak in October 2009, MMSP split into two.
One faction was headed by its founder president Thanenthiran and another by Vathemurthy.
Vathemurthy’s group has also a filed a case in the court to challenge Thanenthiran’s legitimacy.
Thanenthiran’s group has remained Barisan National-friendly while the Vathemurthy faction is now backing Pakatan Rakyat after a brief spell of supporting BN.
Now Venason, a largely unknown former CWC member of the original MMSP, has formed his own faction of the party.
He conducted his faction annual general meeting in Seremban on Sunday. What irked Ramu most is that he has been unwittingly appointed as Venason’s faction CWC member.
“I have nothing to do with it and was caught unaware.I don’t even recognise Venason splinter group,” said Ramu.
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