KUALA LUMPUR, March 11- Information Communications and Culture Deputy Minister Datuk Maglin Dennis D’cruz(Pic) has called on the Indian community to reject the opposition pact, saying the opposition failed to protect the community’s needs in their manifesto.
He said that the opposition pact had chosen to ignore the plight and interests of the Indian community in this country.
“Even in their manifesto, they do not recognise the longstanding woes of the Indian community. They do not seem to value the support or need of the Indian community.
“A vote for them is like locking yourself in a dark cage. Think wisely before you vote. I hope the Indian community will wake-up and reject the opposition,” he said.Maglin was speaking to Bernama after attending the Mother Tongue Day Celebration at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil (SJKT) Saraswathy, at Old Klang Road, here today. Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was quoted by an online news portal as saying that the election manifesto unveiled on Feb 25 was still open to feedback and proposals from Indian community leaders so that it could be
further refined.
D’Cruz also said that Anwar’s promise to amend the manifesto to include specific commitments to the Indian community, was another feeble attempt at damage control.
“Now his promise is a carrot that he dangles before the Indian voters, hoping they would bite but it is too late. Ever since the last general election, they have not taken any concrete measure to help the Indian community specifically,” he said.
He said the Indian community should realise and place their trust and confidence in the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, as the premier had kept his promise to uplift the Indians by laying the foundation in all aspects of political, economic and administrative transformation.
“The Indians should follow a government who are there to move them higher, and not to choose a government who had forgotten the community’s needs. The Barisan Nasional government is always one step ahead to assist and upgrade the
needs,” he noted.
BERNAMA
