PETALING JAYA: MIC Youth leader T Mohan vented his anger on Perak State Legislative Assembly Speaker R Ganesan and former MIC senator N Ravichandran over the controversial “return to estate” issue.
“If they (Ganesan and Ravichandran) had not left the estates, do you think they would be state speaker and senator now?” Mohan asked, as Ganesan and Ravichandran were born and bred in estates.
“Would they send their children to estates? Where would the Indians be sent if they cannot survive estate life? India?”
Mohan was commenting on a report in the Tamil daily Malaysia Nanban yesterday where Ravichandran criticised Mohan for the latter’s attack on the MIC president G Palanivel.
Palanivel, who is Deputy Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister, sparked the controversy when he proposed that poor Indian youths should return temporarily to the estates until they are financially stable.
Earlier, Ganesan had also criticised Mohan for shooting his mouth off against Palanivel.
Mohan also queried why Ganesan and Ravichandran are suddenly making a big noise over the matter.
“Why were they silent over various other issues all this while?” he asked, citing Interlok and many other issues as examples.
‘Don’t apple polish Palanivel’
Mohan also said that he has nothing personal against Palanivel. “I am a party man and I respect the party leadership.”
He also took another swipe at both Ganesan and Ravichandran: “Palanivel is not an inexperienced man in the party. You don’t need to apple polish him.”
He also clarified that he was fine with the notion of sending poverty-ridden Indians to estates, but it would be better if they worked in the private sector or land schemes such as Guthrie and Felda plantations. - FMT
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