It puzzles me in what S Samy Vellu was doing prior to the elections for the past 28 years, being the most senior cabinet minister under the leadership of Dr Mahathir Mohammad and Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi.
We now suspect that what Mahathir had commented prior to the recent elections in that Samy Vellu had never raised issues regarding the Indian community’s grouses in the cabinet meetings could be true. A very interesting fact to note is that the remarks of Mahathir were not denied by Samy Vellu. This denial confirms that Samy Vellu never stood up for the Indian community.
I strongly believe that standing up for Indians was never part of Samy Vellu's political agenda and after reading this letter, your readers would be able to conclude for themselves what was this man's real agenda in politics.
Coming back to the recent scenario, it is obvious that Samy Vellu is fishing for media attention by making abrupt statements and shedding crocodile tears by demanding that "Indians want immediate action", "any more delays would only cause anxiety and unhappiness among the Indians". Samy Velu probably forgot that it was actually his own flawed leadership over the past 28 years that has delayed the implementation of government-related projects for the benefit of Indians, which in his own words ‘caused anxiety and unhappiness among the Indians’.
It is also awkwardly awful to read his desired expression that ‘we want the Indian community to move forward with the other communities’. How suddenly the so-called most senior cabinet minister Samy Vellu got this idea? And that too only after the severe defeat at his own constituency of Sungai Siput by his own constituents?
His real agenda? Approximately two decades ago, the Indian community trusted Samy Vellu who planned to raise holding funds from the Indian community to establish Maika Holdings. The government was very generous to allocate internationally profitable Telekom shares to Maika Holdings. The phantomlike initiative by Samy Velu received tremendous support from the Indian community comprising of all walks of life. The majority of them retired rubber tapers, who saved their hard earned money in the form of EPF savings, bank savings, in gold and jewelry, contributed without hesitation. All these hard-earned assets owned by the poor Indian community went to Maika Holdings in the form of shares.
The self-proclaimed Indian indissoluble leader, Samy Velu, came forward and declared that Maika Holding shareholders are enjoying peace of mind as the fate of their savings invested in Maika Holdings is secured.
What really happened? It is an inevitable fact that Samy Velu hired mercenaries whose only mission was to provide ‘kind and subtle treatment’ by dragging and kicking out Maika shareholders who raised any questions on the fate of their savings during the Maika Holdings AGM meetings. Before performing such an insulting and inhumane act, Samy Vellu should have realised that the poor shareholders were not asking a 10% commission from the salary that Samy Velu had earned as the most senior cabinet minister. The poor Maika shareholders were only asking for Maika to return their hard-earned money that they had invested by trusting Samy Vellu and his leadership.
One victim was former MIC deputy president Dato S. Subramaniam who tried to attend the latest Maika Holding AGM to raise matters of concern expressed by shareholders. He had every right to attend the AGM simply because he was the chairman of Nesa Cooperative Society which had invested a considerable amount in the Maika Holdings. It is also the right of Dato Subra to express his unhappiness over the state of affairs of the mismanagement of Maika Holdings because being the most senior MIC leader who served under Tan Sri Manikavasagam. But what happened to Dato Subra at the latest AGM? He was nearly pushed down by the mercenaries hired by Samy Velu who were wearing fancy earrings with flamboyant hair styles. These people were described by the Indian media as ‘hooligans’. Dato Subra was not the only victim; the IPF stalwart MG Pandinathan faced the same music at one of the Maika's AGM some time ago. He was attacked and kicked out of the AGM simply because he raised some questions regarding the state of affairs of Maika holdings.
Shareholders belonging to the Indian community are now asking Samy Vellu - when are you settling the Maika share money to the rightful shareholders? The latest voice came from the recently elected Ipoh Barat Member of Parliament Mr Kulasegaran who is also ‘unfortunately’ a rightful shareholder of Maika Holdings.
Despite this tormenting situation which has ignited anger among the Indian community in this country, Samy Vellu - who held the MIC leadership for the past 28 years - is now banging on the government's door and complaining that ‘there should be more actions and less planning’ for the Indian community.
It surprises me that Samy Vellu has totally forgotten that he was part of the government that according to him has let the Indian community down. I am able to recall that just a few months ago, the entire scenario was somewhat different. Samy Vellu's speeches were full of flowers for the government related aid and resources allocated to the Indian community. It is therefore highly probable that Samy could be suffering from dementia as he seems to forget things so very fast! Let me reinforce a statement here; It is Samy Velu who has ‘individually’ failed the Indian community not the Malaysian government.
‘Indians slogged for the country for the past 145 years working in estates and construction sectors and found themselves displaced after many estates were closed’. This statement made by Samy Vellu sounds very much similar to the statement made by the national Indian hero P. Uthayakumar currently held under ISA detention.
The words of P.Uthayakumar still rings in the ears, heart and souls of many Indian Malaysians and our dear friend Samy Vellu has plagiarised Uthayakumar's statement. Indeed it looks like Samy Vellu is seriously displaced himself.
And what about the Mystical Handshake? Samy Vellu screams in a loud shout that many Indian families were forced to live in slumps after they were evicted from their land that had been earmarked for the double tracking railway project. A fact to note is that after all these years we never heard Samy Vellu highlighting these matters to the government or at the MIC assemblies or during the election campaign lectures.
Being the former works minister, he must have had some role in planning, approving and initiating the double tracking railway project. Probably he was very much busy with his ‘ministerial duties’ that he forgot the fact that when the double tracking project successfully comes to end so will the homes of the poor Indian families affected by the project.
At this juncture, the Indian community must be aware of the ‘Mystical Handshake’ with his former deputy Dato Subramaniam in the name of burying the hatchet and performing the funeral rites for previous ill feelings and evil deeds.
It is interesting to note that if this mystical alliance never took place Dato Subra would have made use of his influential news paper Makkal Osai to bombard Samy Velu for his past, present and future mistakes. The bombardment did take place for some time until the ‘mystical handshake’ took place, and till today this unholy act has not been endorsed by Dato Subramaniam's close allies from Perlis to Johor. Even the stalwart and the die-hard supporters of Samy Vellu never came forward to endorse the ‘mystical handshake’ of the duo.
Many Indians are puzzled. Under what deal did these two outmoded leaders signed and sealed an unholy compromise. Only Lord Murugan may know (Lord Muragan, one of the Indian deities, is known to have two alternate names - Vellu and Subramaniam).
The mystical handshake demonstrated Samy Velu's craftiness in 21st-century political tricks and gimmicks. An interesting development recently is that Dato Subra and Makkal Osai, Makkal Murasu, Nayanam and Malaysian Nanban cannot now demand or in any way be involved in campaigning for Samy Vellu to step down.
In other words Samy Vellu's mystical handshake that took place in the twilight of the new moon ammavasai has silenced and suppressed the voice of the large Indian Malaysian Indian demanding for Samy Vellu to step down.
Had Samy Vellu lived during the glorious times of the Roman Empire, he would have been awarded with the highest recognition for his wonderful craftsmanship!
The Indian Eye - Malaysiakini
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