In Kuala Kubu Baharu, PN confident of Indian support ahead of polling day
A spokesman says the community feels marginalised by Pakatan Harapan.
(MalaysiaNow) – A Perikatan Nasional (PN) spokesman for Indians in Kuala Kubu Baharu is confident that the growing discontent in the community will translate into support for the coalition in tomorrow’s by-election.
Suthan Mookaiah said that Indians, who make up 18% of the electorate in Kuala Kubu Baharu, had become increasingly dissatisfied with the government.
He said this was exacerbated after a deputy minister dismissed anyone who criticised the government’s handling of Indian welfare issues as mentally unfit.
A Perikatan Nasional (PN) spokesman for Indians in Kuala Kubu Baharu is confident that the growing discontent in the community will translate into support for the coalition in tomorrow’s by-election.
Suthan Mookaiah said that Indians, who make up 18% of the electorate in Kuala Kubu Baharu, had become increasingly dissatisfied with the government.
He said this was exacerbated after a deputy minister dismissed anyone who criticised the government’s handling of Indian welfare issues as mentally unfit.
Deputy Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister R Ramanan had said that those accusing Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of marginalising the Indians should have their mental health checked.
Suthan, the Malaysian Indian People’s Party information chief, said the statement was reinforced by what many Indian residents perceived as government actions that showed they were considered as less important than the Chinese community.
“They are even angrier at the fact that the Indian leaders of Pakatan Harapan, especially DAP, never said a word about how a Tamil school only received RM100,000 while Anthony Loke gave RM300,000 to a wealthier Chinese school,” Suthan told MalaysiaNow, referring to the DAP secretary-general.
