‘Waytha, it’s time to repent’

Indian leaders feel Waythamoorthy betrayed the community for his own personal political mileage when he signed the MOU.

PETALING JAYA: Several Indian leaders have provided mixed views on the recent apology made by Hindraf’s chairman P Waythamoorthy for failing to fulfill the promises made to the poor Indian community in Malaysia.

Malacca PKR vice-chairman G Rajendran said that it is too late for Waythamoorthy to apologise, and thus it cannot be accepted.

“What he has done was not a mistake instead a betrayal to his own community,” Rajendran said.

“As I said before, the signing of the memorandum of understanding(MoU) between Barisan Nasional and a faction of Hindraf led by Waythamoorthy himself is nothing but for his personal political mileage ” he added.

“He can say and do whatever he wants, but, he should accept the fact that he will always be remembered as a traitor among Indians, who successfully destroyed Hindraf and its objectives for the Indian community.”

Rajendran also urged Waythamoorthy to unveil the total allocation he received from Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak during his tenure as deputy minister in the prime minister’s department.

M Murugan, a Hindraf activist, in sharing the same view said that he will not accept Waythamoorthy’s apology.

“My advice to him, please stop doing drama,” he said, adding that the public is well aware that he resigned from the government for other reasons and not for the community.

“I am an uneducated man. Even I can predict that BN agreed to sign the MoU for nothing but for Indian votes. But it is a surprise for us to know that Waythamoorthy was not aware with BN’s election tricks.”

Murugan, a security guard was among the 136 people arrested during the Hindraf rally in 2007 and was charged for illegal assembly.

All pleaded guilty and paid the fine except Murugan who decided to plead not guilty and entered his defense.

Murugan is appealing the Sessions Court’s decision after he was sentenced to 14 days jail and a fine of RM2000.

One the other hand, Malaysian Indian Progressive Association(Mipas) said that it is time for Waythamoorthy to serve the community to repent.

“What we can tell him is go door to door and serve the people to rectify your mistakes,” said S Barathidasan, Mipas’ secretary-general.

“The public has lost confidence and trust in Waythamoorthy and Hindraf,” he said.

“Even if he has resigned and wanted to start with Hindraf 2.0, I am sure the majority of Indians will not support and be fooled again with all his drama,” he added.

Don’t blame Najib

Meanwhile, MIC Youth chief C Sivarraajh said that Waythamoorthy should not blame Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak over his failure to resolve and honor his promises to the Indians.

“He is been there for only eight months and his ambitious thinking to change government policies and resolve all the Indians problems in eight months is ridiculous,” Sivarraajh said.

“It is a process and cannot be resolved over night,” he added.

Sivarraajh claimed that Najib is working towards long term and permanent solutions for the Indians.

“But, what Waythamoorthy wants is a quick solution just to project his success during his tenure as senator and deputy minister.”

Sivarraajh also stressed that Waythamoorthy failed because he is arrogant and thinks he is supreme compared to others.