BN to get bigger majority with Indian help, says Samy Vellu
Syed Jaymal Zahiid, TMI
The ruling coalition will get a bigger majority in Election 2013 and Indian voters will help ensure that, former MIC chief Datuk Seri Samy Vellu has said just as Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced the dissolution of Parliament this morning.
The former minister added the opposition will not be able to “get near” the Indian voters, saying MIC is confident that Malaysia’s third biggest electorate is behind the ruling coalition despite the setback it suffered in the last polls — where majority of Indian votes flocked to the opposition.
“BN should get a bigger majority this time…this is the first PM to really concentrate on other races…MIC has worked the elections at every angle and all this will strengthen the Indian vote.
“The Indians are very close to BN, they want to forget the past and build a new future and to support the PM and his government. Pakatan (Rakyat) will not be able to get near the Indians,” he told reporters after donating RM10,000 each to the families of police personnel killed in the Sabah conflict.
Samy also expressed confidence that Najib would adopt the Hindu Rights Action (Hindraf) Blueprint, seen as a key issue to the Indian community, should he be re-elected.
“He should and he will. Najib is a man of his word. He is a person who thinks before he speaks,” he said.
Hindraf was once seen as a potent force within the Indian community. Its massive protest against the BN government under then prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in 2007 was crucial to the community’s rejection of BN in Election 2008.
