A MIC leader claims that Pakatan has failed to keep its promise prior to the 2008 general election with regard to the Indian community.
KLANG: A MIC leader has challenged the Indian leaders in Pakatan Rakyat to reveal statistical proof of how the community benefitted under the opposition bloc’s governance of several states.
MIC Central Working Committee (CWC) member KP Samy claimed that Indian leaders in Pakatan had failed to serve the community which was instrumental for the 2008 political tsunami.
When Pakatan seized power of the states, he said, the Indian community had high expectations based on the promises made in the Pakatan election manifesto.
“However, it seems like appointments in GLCs, and top posts in the states were merely sweet words and nothing more,” he added.
Samy said while Pakatan promised that all would be treated equal and enjoy the same benefits, till today the Indians had not even received a direct contract for cutting grass.
He also pointed out that the Selangor government had 11 GLCs under its wing, with more than 100 directorships available.
“Nine of these companies are fully dominated by the Malays, while the other two companies have 25% Chinese appointed to high posts. But not a single Indian has been appointed with a fixed allowance,” he said.
Samy was also livid that the state government appointed a corporate figure as director of the Selangor public library after the former director retired.
“Why didn’t the state government promote the deputy director, an Indian woman, to that post? She has worked in the library for 30 years,” he said.
Proposals rejected
As for the state owned sand mining company Kumpulan Semesta Sdn Bhd, the MIC leader said it had 200 staff but the only posistion given to the sole Indian there was the driver’s post.
Adding salt to the injury, he said that state exco overseeing Indian affairs Dr Xavier Jeyakumar was part of the team which founded Kumpulan Semesta.
Samy also noted that the banner put up behind the main platform during the recent Pakatan convention did
not inlcude the image of a single Indian leader from the bloc.
“Apart from this, Pakatan also rejected the seven proposals made by DAP assembyman (Kota Alam Shah) M Manogaran to upgrade the Indian community.
“So is this what the Indian community can expect from Pakatan?” he asked.
Samy said there were no indications of Indians being promoted to higher positions in the Pakatan states, and if there was, the coalition should release the statistics.
FMT previously reported that DAP’s K Ganapathi Rao had been appointed a non-executive director in Kumpulan Semesta in 2010 and Subang MP R Sivarasah is on the board of Kumpulan Peransang. Kota Alam Shah assemblyman Manoharan meanwhile is a director at the Selangor State Library.
KLANG: A MIC leader has challenged the Indian leaders in Pakatan Rakyat to reveal statistical proof of how the community benefitted under the opposition bloc’s governance of several states.MIC Central Working Committee (CWC) member KP Samy claimed that Indian leaders in Pakatan had failed to serve the community which was instrumental for the 2008 political tsunami.
When Pakatan seized power of the states, he said, the Indian community had high expectations based on the promises made in the Pakatan election manifesto.
“However, it seems like appointments in GLCs, and top posts in the states were merely sweet words and nothing more,” he added.
Samy said while Pakatan promised that all would be treated equal and enjoy the same benefits, till today the Indians had not even received a direct contract for cutting grass.
He also pointed out that the Selangor government had 11 GLCs under its wing, with more than 100 directorships available.
“Nine of these companies are fully dominated by the Malays, while the other two companies have 25% Chinese appointed to high posts. But not a single Indian has been appointed with a fixed allowance,” he said.
Samy was also livid that the state government appointed a corporate figure as director of the Selangor public library after the former director retired.
“Why didn’t the state government promote the deputy director, an Indian woman, to that post? She has worked in the library for 30 years,” he said.
Proposals rejected
As for the state owned sand mining company Kumpulan Semesta Sdn Bhd, the MIC leader said it had 200 staff but the only posistion given to the sole Indian there was the driver’s post.
Adding salt to the injury, he said that state exco overseeing Indian affairs Dr Xavier Jeyakumar was part of the team which founded Kumpulan Semesta.
Samy also noted that the banner put up behind the main platform during the recent Pakatan convention did
not inlcude the image of a single Indian leader from the bloc.“Apart from this, Pakatan also rejected the seven proposals made by DAP assembyman (Kota Alam Shah) M Manogaran to upgrade the Indian community.
“So is this what the Indian community can expect from Pakatan?” he asked.
Samy said there were no indications of Indians being promoted to higher positions in the Pakatan states, and if there was, the coalition should release the statistics.
FMT previously reported that DAP’s K Ganapathi Rao had been appointed a non-executive director in Kumpulan Semesta in 2010 and Subang MP R Sivarasah is on the board of Kumpulan Peransang. Kota Alam Shah assemblyman Manoharan meanwhile is a director at the Selangor State Library.
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