Petaling Jaya, Feb 12- MIC leaders today dismissed a call by an Indian NGO that they join forces with the opposition bloc and leave the Barisan Nasional coalition.
MIC’s secretary-general A Prakash Rao defended the party and said that they have been voicing out issues faced by the Malaysian Indian community.
He further stressed that Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has shown sincere efforts to address issues plaguing the Indians, such as by allocating funds for Tamil schools, temples and budding Indian entrepreneurs.
Prakash added that it takes time to resolve the Indian community issues and cannot be done overnight. It has to be approached in stages, he said.
In was reported in a news portal that Malaysian Indian Progressive Association’s (Mipas) secretary-general S Barathidasan had called upon MIC and other BN component parties to join the opposition bloc.
Barathidasan claimed that Umno has been a stumbling block to most of the component parties, stopping them from representing their respective communities effectively.
He also added that if the BN component parties were truly interested in safeguarding the position and welfare of their communities, they must exit BN and join Pakatan Rakyat.
Don’t be emotional, be rational
MIC Youth leader C Sivaraajh also slammed the NGO for calling them to exit from BN.
He said that its easy for people to talk from the outside, instead they should be within the system to recognise the difficulties faced by the MIC leaders.
“Being a leader is to face the challenges and fight to solve issues, not to leave half-way when you can’t cope up.
“The leaders also should not be emotional but rather apply their rational thinking in dealing with issues.
“If emotion prevails nothing can be achieved for the Indians and the community will lose out,” he said.
Sivaraajh added that MIC through BN has been doing all they can to address the issues faced by the Indians.
Meanwhile, though MIC treasurer S Murugesan said MIC will continue to champion the future of the Indians through BN’s leadership.
-FreeMalaysiaToday
