Free gifts to woo Indian voters
By B. Nantha Kumar, Free Malaysia Today
MERLIMAU: Going into the final lap, both Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Rakyat are still working hard to woo over the Indian community.
To ensure it locks up the Indian vote bank, BN has established seven command centres to concentrate on the 1,567 Indian voters.
As usual, the BN is using the same, old tactics – throwing dinner parties, holdings concerts, distributing uniforms to students and sarees to women, showing movies and giving out small financial assistance.
And the Merlimau Indians rushed to attend all these events – and they get paid too.
For example, it is alleged that every Indian voter who attended a dinner organised by an anonymous 1Malaysian NGO supporters’ club received RM100, 1Malaysia T-shirts, and food with a lucky draw thrown in.
BN is confident it can net about 75% to 80% of the Indian voters.
Not to be outdone, Pakatan is also working the ground, going from door to door to fish for votes.
In their walkabouts, the Pakatan campaigners never failed to highlight the achievements of the party in the states it controlled, namely, Selangor, Kedah and Penang.
