A group of furious Indian opposition supporters is calling on the DAP stalwart to quit because he has become a liability.
PETALING JAYA: Lashing out at DAP national chairman Karpal Singh, a group of Pakatan Rakyat Indian supporters has called on the veteran politician to resign.
Speaking at an emotionally-charged press conference here, PKR member K Saminathan said Karpal has now become a liability to DAP and the opposition.
“Because of his vengeance towards (DAP deputy secretary-general) P Ramasamy, Karpal is indirectly bringing down DAP and Pakatan.
“He may be a ‘King’ to the Sikh community but not to the Indian community,” he said, alleging that the DAP stalwart had overlooked the woes of the Indian community over the past 40 years.
Samy also said that a nationwide road show would be organised to pressure Karpal to step down.
The press conference was held in response to Karpal’s criticism of the DAP disciplinary committee for letting Ramasamy, who is also Penang deputy chief minister, off the hook.
Ramasamy, who had been embroiled in a recent verbal salvo with Karpal, was accused of masterminding a demonstration against Karpal in last December.
Pro-Karpal assemblymen rapped
Meanwhile, Malaysian Tamil Students’ Development Organisation representative A Kalaimugilan took Penang DAP assemblymen A Thanasekaran (Bagan Dalam) and RSN Rayer (Seri Delima) to task.
He said the duo, who are known to be aligned to Karpal, were “traitors” of the Indian community.
He said when Pakatan won Penang in the 2008 general election, DAP had offered two exco posts to the Indian community.
“While Ramasamy was given one of the posts, both Thanasekaran and Rayer refused to accept the other post due to conflict of interest that might arise with their respecetive legal practice,” he said.
“Because of their selfishness, the Indian community lost a golden opportunity (of having another exco) in Penang,” he added.
MIC Youth chief T Mohan also came under fire during the press conference for interfering in Pakatan’s internal issue with regard to the spat between Karpal and Ramasamy.
“He is a ‘toothless tiger’ in his party. He should concentrate on MIC’s problems,” said Kalaimugilan.
PETALING JAYA: Lashing out at DAP national chairman Karpal Singh, a group of Pakatan Rakyat Indian supporters has called on the veteran politician to resign.Speaking at an emotionally-charged press conference here, PKR member K Saminathan said Karpal has now become a liability to DAP and the opposition.
“Because of his vengeance towards (DAP deputy secretary-general) P Ramasamy, Karpal is indirectly bringing down DAP and Pakatan.
“He may be a ‘King’ to the Sikh community but not to the Indian community,” he said, alleging that the DAP stalwart had overlooked the woes of the Indian community over the past 40 years.
Samy also said that a nationwide road show would be organised to pressure Karpal to step down.
The press conference was held in response to Karpal’s criticism of the DAP disciplinary committee for letting Ramasamy, who is also Penang deputy chief minister, off the hook.
Ramasamy, who had been embroiled in a recent verbal salvo with Karpal, was accused of masterminding a demonstration against Karpal in last December.
Pro-Karpal assemblymen rapped
Meanwhile, Malaysian Tamil Students’ Development Organisation representative A Kalaimugilan took Penang DAP assemblymen A Thanasekaran (Bagan Dalam) and RSN Rayer (Seri Delima) to task.
He said the duo, who are known to be aligned to Karpal, were “traitors” of the Indian community.
He said when Pakatan won Penang in the 2008 general election, DAP had offered two exco posts to the Indian community.
“While Ramasamy was given one of the posts, both Thanasekaran and Rayer refused to accept the other post due to conflict of interest that might arise with their respecetive legal practice,” he said.
“Because of their selfishness, the Indian community lost a golden opportunity (of having another exco) in Penang,” he added.
MIC Youth chief T Mohan also came under fire during the press conference for interfering in Pakatan’s internal issue with regard to the spat between Karpal and Ramasamy.
“He is a ‘toothless tiger’ in his party. He should concentrate on MIC’s problems,” said Kalaimugilan.
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