He said that while Pakatan supremo Anwar Ibrahim has offered to fix an omission in the manifesto by adding in Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang's oil royalty, Hindraf's demands did not receive the same treatment.
Uthayakumar, who is also the Human Rights Party pro-tem secretary-general, questioned whether the manifesto transcends racial boundaries as Anwar had claimed on Tuesday.
"There
are zero provisions in the manifesto to undo these 56 years of ongoing
Umno racism-cum-injustices victimising the most vulnerable community in
Malaysia, like the Indian poor."(Although) Pakatan shouted ubah (change), the manifesto does not include undoing these injustices," Uthayakumar said in a statement today.
To illustrate his point, Uthayakumar described the condition of a 61-year-old Indian Malaysian woman named Pushpagantha, who is suffering from several diseases and had approached Hindraf for help yesterday.
"The Tabung Ekonomi Kumpulan Usaha Niaga (Tekun Nasional) and Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) government loans do not reach the Indian poor like Pushpagantha.
"Neither are they in Pakatan’s manifesto," he said, adding that the woman had asked for land for agricultural purposes.
Yesterday, Hindraf chairperson P Waythamoorthy expressed "extreme disappointment" with the manifesto, saying that it has neglected the interests of the Indian Malaysian community.
He also lamented the fact that Pakatan has not endorsed Hindraf’s five-year blueprint, which he said offers a "permanent, practical and comprehensive" solution to the problem of marginalised Indians for a "mere" RM4.5 billion a year.
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HINDRAF which sector of the indian community are you representing? Are you a registered political party? Are you fully with PR or sitting on the fence? You have to decide what's best and stay with whom you trust but in your you don't trust PR or BN! You guys are plain stupid.
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