P.Waythamoorthy resigns after failed mission

Fate of Indians in their own hands

The resignation of P. Waythamoorthy as Senator and deputy minister comes as no surprise. How can a man fighting for the poor and marginalised Indians find a place in today’s BN? How will Umno and BN struggling for to regain the lost credibility and cling onto power at all costs have time for Waytha and his poor Indians who make up just a tiny fraction of the population? 

The action of the BN government in rushing to convict and send his elder brother, P. Uthayakumar to jail on the same day Waythamoorthy was sworn as the deputy minister itself speaks volumes for the respect Najib and his Umno-BN had for Waytha whom they even accused of being a terrorist at one time. It was strange when ordinary people could see through the insincerity of BN leaders, a person like Waytha failed to do so.

I hope his experiences over the last 10 months or so as a deputy mister in Najib’s government will open his eyes and make him wiser in his continuing struggles to uplift his poor fellow Indians. I am sure by now he would also realised the Umno and BN is not going out of their way to help the poor Indians out of their socio-economic woes. In fact nobody is going to do that without some hidden agenda. He must work hard to drum this hard reality into the Indians who continue to live in a fantasy world hoping help will come to them from outside.

The Indians must depend on themselves alone to come up in life by hard work, right attitude and self-pride if they want to be respected by others. They cannot and should not depend on Umno, BN or even the Pakatan for their progress as none will do anything for them as they have their own agenda. 
The Indians are in a very pathetic state. We have become "beggars" in our own country which we toiled to build together hand in hand with the Malays and Chinese. We gave everything we had in our service to the nation. Today we are far behind the others although we had the same opportunities as them. Why are we a failed community today? Who is to be blamed for our failure? By keep blaming others for our failure is not going to take us anywhere. It is not because of others we are poor but due to our own making.

The leaders both political and non-political, experts in the various socio-economic and professional fields and the Indians themselves must have a hard look at the situation they are in today and make concerted efforts to regain their past glory. The future of Indians is in their hands and not in the hands anybody or any powerful force else either physical or spiritual.