IPF plans mammoth rally on Jan 12
The gathering is to show support for BN’s attempt to retake Selangor in the 13th general election.
B Nantha Kumar, FMT
As Pakatan Rakyat prepares for a mammoth rally dubbed “Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat” (People’s Uprising Rally) on Jan 12 at Stadium Merdeka, a BN-friendly party is also scheduled to hold a massive rally on the same day.
The All Malaysia Indian Progressive Front better known as IPF confirmed that the party was planning a rally on Jan 12, at Dataran Tesco, in Semenyih where Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is expected to be the guest of honour.
Speaking to FMT, party president M Sambanthan (picture), who is also director of the rally, said the gathering was to show support for BN’s attempt to retake Selangor in the 13th general election.
“The peaceful assembly is really important to IPF. It is the time for us to show our adherence to the prime minister and BN,” he said.
He said IPF would mobilise 20,000 people to attend the rally and this would send ” a strong message to Pakatan Rakyat in Selangor that Indians were unhappy with the opposition coalition.”
“We have informed all our branches to mobilise support for the rally. We hope the rally would be peaceful,” he said.
Sambanthan also quashed speculation that the IPF rally was to counter Pakatan’s Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat also planned on the same day at Stadium Merdeka.
“This is not something we planned just last week. We started planning for it since last year and the prime minister gave the date some three months ago. Some Pakatan leaders are going around saying our rally is to counter their rally. IPF’s rally does not have anything to do with their rally,” he said.
