Media Statement (24/7/12)

Not even one Parliament seat for HINDRAF: Pakatan Rakyat.

The Malaysian Nanban at page 10 and Makkal Osai today 24/7/2012 at page 7 reported PAS Deputy Women’s Chief and Kota Raja Member of Parliament Dr.Siti Mariah Mahmud as saying that HINDRAF only caters for the Indian community. And that HRP, the political wing of HINDRAF will not be able to win the Kota Raja Parliamentary seat and will in fact lose their deposit. So does this mean that Pakatan is not prepared to make way for HINDRAF in even one Parliament seat? Out of the 222 seats? (UMNO/BN made way for 9 Parliament and 19 DUN seats to MIC). Especially when it was HINDRAF that sparked the political tsunami at the 2008 General Election causing Pakatan to win in five states including Federal Territory of KL and BN losing its two thirds majority for the first time in the history of Malaysia!

We would like to reiterate that any Malaysian including from PAS can join HINDRAF and HRP. But to the contrary no non muslim Indian or Chinese can join PAS. So who is the racist? The PAS President Dato Seri Hadi Awang’s election gimmick since the 1999 general elections of fielding non muslim candidates is a mere election season political rhetoric that was never implemented but to pull wool over Indian eyes. Kelab Penyokong PAS India is merely formed and designed to get free Indian votes minus delivery on the Indian poor problems.

The 100 over year old Ladang Batu Pekaka Kedah Hindu cemetery was destroyed to make way for the 100% Malay muslim only 832 acres University Insaniah. Why could’t this Hindu cemetery be preserved inside this University as is the Chinese cemetery that has been preserved inside (even the cruel UMNO) University Pertanian Malaysia.

It is 5 years of PAS and Pakatan rule in Kedah Penang and Selangorand all 58, 28 and 97 Tamil schools, all Hindu temples, cemeteries and Indian villages are still denied state government land.

In Kelantan the Kota Baru Hindu cemetery along the main roundabout leading to town was similarly destroyed as it was deemed an “eye sore” in the Islamic majority state of Kelantan. During our visit to Kelantan in December 2011 the local Indians complained to us that the Kota Baru Hindu temple was finally built only after 40 years of begging the PAS Kelantan State Government. The Sai Baba Centre in Kota Baru is denied even permission to put up a sign board in Malay and Tamil. PAS not racist and religious supremacist? a la UMNO? UBAH?

Coming to Siti Mariah she has refused to secure permanent land titles from the Selangor Pakatan state government even in her Kota Raja Parliamentary constituency for even one Tamil school, one Hindu temple, one Hindu cemetery or one Indian village as a permanent solution like that is implemented for the Malay and Chinese.

Pray tell us of one Emergency Motion or one Parliament censure to cut a Minister’s salary or one walkout from Parliament by Dr.Siti Mariah or any of the other 76 PAS, PKR or DAP MPs’? “Res Ipsa liquitor” (the facts speak for itself).

So where is the PAS and Pakatan multi-racialism and UBAH? to also include and not to segregate the Indian poor that is being widely preached by their top leaders. And their kosong political propaganda especially in the Tamil dailies using their Vice Presidents, MP, EXCO, ADUN, Senator, Councilor etc Indian mandores.

The crux of the HINDRAF struggle is to end both UMNO/BN and Pakatan government institutionalized racism targeting especially the Indian poor who are the most victimized going by needs based.

Rights not Mercy!

Yours faithfully,

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S.JAYATHAS

HINDRAF Information Chief

012 636 2287