KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 – Women voters are being seen as an important asset in determining the future direction of the country and could contribute to a landslide victory for the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the coming 13th general election.
MIC Wanita chief Datin Paduka Komala Krishna Moorthy(Pic) said as women formed 50 per cent of the voters’ profile in the country, women could become an agent of change to the national political landscape.
“The contribution of women is important and it cannot be denied that in BN’s demography, they are the backbone and women have a deciding role in determining the victory of a candidate.
“Among the Indian community, half of the voters comprise women and we need to approach them creatively for their support,” she told Bernama . She said the situation was better now than the 12th general election in 2008, whereby the support of the Indian community including women for BN was growing as they were aware of the government and prime minister’s sincerity in helping them.
“A survey of voters carried out recently found the Indian community support for BN is strengthening from day to day unlike in 2008,” she said. She said this situation proved that the Indian community had renewed their trust or ‘nambikei’ in the government as they felt more assured with the BN.
Komala said the wing was helping MIC to build support of the community towards BN. She said all MIC Wanita branches have been working hard by going to the ground intensively to help the party after its losses in the last general election.
Meanwhile, MIC Youth head T. Mohan said the wing’s “Ops Jelas” roadshow to garner support for the BN was paying huge dividends.
“We are confident that the support of the Indian community for the BN will tilt 70 to 75 per cent because the BN government under the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has done a good job in looking after the welfare of the community,” he told reporters after attending a “gotong-royong” to clean the walls of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Raja Mahadi in Klang today.
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