By Naragan,
What the Indian voters rejected in GE12 was basically the mandorist approach of Umno. And they rejected it with some vehemence.
The mandorist approach, to put it briefly, is about "powerless and deceitful representation".
MIC is the key mandore of Umno. And this is what the Indian voters rejected, Umno and their Mandores. Lock, stock and barrel.
Now compare - what is happening on Pakatan Rakyat's side.Many of the Indian PR reps got together in Penang last month for a retreat to brainstorm why the Indians were deserting PR, in spite of all the nonsense towards them from Umno.
Don't have to go far. The outcome of the meeting itself tells of the reason. The net outcome was three feeble recommendations - what a bloody shame!
Have a liaison officer for Indian issues, get more involved in the 'Interlok' issue and give more jobs in the state and local councils to Indians. What nonsense, this.
How can Pakatan get the Indian votes back with such a basic strategy worse than the one just rejected by the Indian electorate in GE 12.
The PR reps should have been given the authority to come up with the right formula to solve the core problems faced by the Indian poor and then implement their plan.
Instead they can only do what their Mandores counterparts on the other side do - come up with some ridiculous recommendations. But this group has no plenary powers. They are not empowered. They can do nothing.
They are powerless, no different than their counterparts on the other side of the political spectrum.
If PR wants to regain the Indian support, then enough of this kind of nonsense - deal with the problems squarely.
However it is my opinion that it is not in PR's DNA to be able to do this.
The net of this, is that in time all the Indian votes will desert PR. BN is not going to be the beneficiary of a PR desertion, though they may be hallucinating such.
The third alternative, the Human Rights Party (HRP) has no choice but to grow.
The Indian votes will line up behind the HRP it is only a matter of time.
You cannot stop history.
The mandorist approach, to put it briefly, is about "powerless and deceitful representation".
MIC is the key mandore of Umno. And this is what the Indian voters rejected, Umno and their Mandores. Lock, stock and barrel.
Now compare - what is happening on Pakatan Rakyat's side.Many of the Indian PR reps got together in Penang last month for a retreat to brainstorm why the Indians were deserting PR, in spite of all the nonsense towards them from Umno.
Don't have to go far. The outcome of the meeting itself tells of the reason. The net outcome was three feeble recommendations - what a bloody shame!
Have a liaison officer for Indian issues, get more involved in the 'Interlok' issue and give more jobs in the state and local councils to Indians. What nonsense, this.
How can Pakatan get the Indian votes back with such a basic strategy worse than the one just rejected by the Indian electorate in GE 12.
The PR reps should have been given the authority to come up with the right formula to solve the core problems faced by the Indian poor and then implement their plan.
Instead they can only do what their Mandores counterparts on the other side do - come up with some ridiculous recommendations. But this group has no plenary powers. They are not empowered. They can do nothing.
They are powerless, no different than their counterparts on the other side of the political spectrum.
If PR wants to regain the Indian support, then enough of this kind of nonsense - deal with the problems squarely.
However it is my opinion that it is not in PR's DNA to be able to do this.
The net of this, is that in time all the Indian votes will desert PR. BN is not going to be the beneficiary of a PR desertion, though they may be hallucinating such.
The third alternative, the Human Rights Party (HRP) has no choice but to grow.
The Indian votes will line up behind the HRP it is only a matter of time.
You cannot stop history.
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