‘Punjabi boy’will not call Nazri ‘Bugis boy’
By Ismail, Free Malaysia Today
GEORGE TOWN: Penang Gerakan’s “Punjabi boy” Baljit Singh will not resort to name-calling just to get even with Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz.
Baljit, who heads the Penang Gerakan’s legal and human rights bureau, said he would always maintain his political professionalism and mannerism by making only fair and just comments.
He said he would consistently make issue-based comments, and would never personalise politics.
“I will not call him (Nazri) a Bugis boy or any other names. I will not emulate his political style.
“Let him have the privilege,” he told FMT today in response to Nazri’s “Punjabi boy” rant against him yesterday.
Nazri slammed Baljit for urging Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and his Cabinet to take individual religious vows to prove that they are of impeccable moral standing.
“Tell this Punjabi boy, where is he coming from? Is he from BN or is he from the opposition?” he told FMT yesterday.
On Wednesday, Baljit said BN leaders must take the vow to prove that they were better than Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim.
Baljit, a laywer by profession, was responding to the latest sex video scandal which implicated PKR supremo Anwar.
He said he was surprised on why Nazri was reacting to his statement “as if the minister has ants in his pants”.
‘ I have my own political principles’
Reminding Nazri that Gerakan was an equal partner in the Barisan Nasional (BN), Baljit insisted that he had every right to fair comments on any issue.
He said he would continue to voice out the general sentiments and consensus of the people seeking the truth on any issue.
He added that he would not want to be a mere “yes man” to Nazri or any others, but would insist on calling “black is black and white is white”.
“I have my own political principles and values.
“I don’t want to regret later and feel guilty by association with something that was not right,” Baljit said.
