On January 9, 2008, when The Samy was a Works Minister, and a UMNO lacky, Malaysiakini reported in their article Samy blasted for "lies and half truths" that The Samy, who was in a two day conference in New Delhi which focused on Indian diaspora was vehemently denying that Indians were marginalized. Here is a snippet of one of the attendees statements:
“He was asked by everyone here as to what is happening to the Indians in Malaysia. On every occasion he told them that everything was fine and that we are doing very well,” said S Nadarajah, a Kuala-Lumpur-based management consultant who attended the meeting in his personal capacity to represent the ‘India Baru’ (community members with a new awareness). “He told the participants and the Indian media that there were no cases of the Indian community being marginalised in Malaysia. He kept repeating these lies and half-truths throughout the meeting,” he told Malaysiakini today.
Malaysiakini reports: He was also constantly mobbed by the Indian media who were keen to find out about the true situation of the Indian community in this country. In several media interviews, Samy Vellu had said that the Indian community was not being marginalised and that they were 'misled' by Hindraf.
Malaysiakini further reports: Yesterday, (January 9th 2008), in an interview on TV3, he also lashed out at several Malaysians who were eager to dispute him in New Delhi.
“Here I am telling the Indians that we are all doing well and that the Indian community in Malaysia is well taken care of and yet there are some individuals who rebut me by stating the opposite,” he told TV3. He even named Nadarajah as one such person, claiming that he (Nadarajah) was a PPP member who had deviated from BN principles by attacking the government in India. Nadarajah denied today that he was a PPP member. This was confirmed by PPP as well.
So according to The Samy, everything was fine and dandy with the Indian community in Malaysia. That probably includes the displaced plantation workers whose houses are lost to developers, and who are staying in slums now. Not to mention those plantation workers whose salaries are capped at around RM400. Yipeee! What a beautiful life they lead...
BUT WAIT...
The Samy speaks again, this time on March 22, 2008, after he lost his seat in Sungai Siput, and his cabinet post as Works Minister. Here is a snippet from Malaysiakini:
The MIC wants the government to speed up the implementation of the various programmes and plans that was promised for the Indian community before the last general election, said party president S Samy Vellu.
In a statement today, he said any more delays would only cause anxiety and unhappiness among the Indians. "We want the Indian community to move forward with the other communities," he added.
Samy Vellu said MIC and the Indian community will not tolerate any more excuses or delays on the part of the authorities in implementing the programmes and plans already agreed upon. "We want immediate and concrete actions," he said, adding that MIC has already submitted several reports on how the government could help the Indians in several fields.
Samy Vellu said the Indians have slogged for the country for the past 145 years working in estates and construction sectors and now found themselves displaced after many estates were closed.
He also cited an example where many Indian families were forced to live in slumps after they were evicted from their land that has been earmarked for the double-tracking railway project.
Samy Vellu said there should be more action and less planning "because all the planning and proposals have been submitted to the government".
Right. So what should we believe? The Samy THEN, or The Samy NOW?
Has The Samy suddenly found his balls when he lost the elections? Where have these balls been when he was an MP?
According to The Samy, Indians were not marginalized in January 2008, but in March 2008, suddenly, they have become marginalized...3 months...
Or is The Samy up to his tricks again, trying to "empathize" with those slum people, so that they can see that he is now serious about defending their rights, so that the slum people will support MIC again, so that MIC comes back to power, so that The Samy can then claim "Indians not marginalized" again, so that .....
If this doesn't prove that the Indian community does not need a race-based party to support their plight, I don't know what does! Because the race based party is nothing more than a "yes man" to the government (who does the marginaLIZING). When a race based party is no longer in power, they will suddenly find their voice and their balls!
courtesy of tides of changes
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