MIC delegate: Indians should leave ‘unequal’ Malaysia
(Free Malaysia Today) – In a fiery speech, a MIC delegate from Kedah called on Indians to leave Malaysia and seek a better life elsewhere.
M Ramachandran, from the party’s Kulim division, said the government was not offering enough
opportunities to the Indian community despite their sacrifices for the nation over the last 150 years.
“We are citizens of this nation and they (the ruling party) come to us for votes. But what do we get in return? We are only looked at when it’s election time but after that we are forgotten.
“We are labelled with all sorts of names, so why stay here? We need to migrate to another country which offers equal opportunity to all,” he told the MIC annual general assembly here.
Meanwhile, Sri Serdang MIC division delegate K Subramaniam took a swipe at Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s 1Malaysia concept.
He asked how can the concept be achieved when racial segregation still exists in the country.
“The PM is going around with the 1Malaysia slogan but we are still being differentiated using the bumiputera and non-bumiputera status. How can you achieve 1Malaysia with this?” he added.
Subramaniam was also cynical about Najib’s promise that students who excelled in their SPM examinations would be entitled for Public Service Department grants to further their studies.
“My question now is will they allow Indian students to get more than 9A’s after this. I doubt it very much,” he said.
