Come on Indians, don't lose the plot!

Is it ignorance? Is it greed? These are among the questions playing in the back of the minds of many Indians who are disappointed with the way the Indians, especially the sympathizers and supporters of Makkal Sakthi in Kedah, are carrying themselves. Has anyone of them taken a moment to sit back and think why is it that a new face, Manikumar, was introduced by DSAI? Loyalty is good, but blind loyalty can be very destructive. I really hope the Makkal Sakthi movement doesn't end up going down the passage of self destruction all because of blind loyalty and the lack of foresight.

I'll try to make this as simple and as objective as possible. There are many patriots, champions and heroes of sorts among the Makkal Sakthi and these group of people have sacrificed a lot by putting their own lives at stake to champion the rights of the downtrodden and marginalized Indians in Malaysia. This is a matter of fact and i would never doubt or question it. Thus, the cry for some appreciation and recognition by some for the sacrifices made is only fair. But let's just do some reality check here and analyse the happenings in the Malaysian political arena over the past 3 months. We all know that Najib is taking over and we are all bracing for another round of 'Mahathirism' that appears to have already been set into motion. We are seeing waves of undesirable changes unfolding before our very own eyes. One after another, blow after blow being thrown at the PR by the BN regime to destabilize them gradually. To mention a few:
-Gobind suspended for one year for passing a personal remark linking Najib to the Altantuya murder, witout been given a chance to defend himself.
-Karpal charged for sedition, for merely repeating what was stated in the Federal Constitution.
-The coup d'etat that unfolded in Perak where Najib in cohort with the Sultan of Perak overthrew the Pakatan state government with the help of the 3+1 unethical ADUNs.
-The unfortunate case of Elizabeth Wong and her private life and how it was used by government controlled media to blow it out of proportion all for political gains. In other words, gutter politics.

Rumor has it that Najib is now scheming to destabilize Kedah and god knows which other states. For this they will try their very best to dig up dirt against the PR representatives and utilize it to bring them down or make them jump ship and/or pressure them to vacate their position. Many speculate that this was what happened to V.Arumugam until he was forced to vacate his ADUN portfolio in Bukit Selambau. Do we want more Arumugams? Do we want more coup d'etats? Do we want to let BN snatch back all four new PR states? Do we want to let BN dig up more dirt from under the feets of the PR representatives all for the wrong reasons? Do we want to see BN retaining power for another 50 years? So, my dear Indian brothers and sisters, please ponder on what might just be unfolding if any of our high profile HINDRAF or Makkal Sakthi champions were to be elected as our next ADUN. The simple fact remains that all our heroes carry some form luggage with them that can and will only be used against them by the BN regime to bring about another downfall.

We all know some of them such as Kalaivanar and Jayagopal have pending court cases and lot's of other luggage with them. Jayagopal, to add on, has high tendencies to betray PKR for the right price because of his pre existing internal problems with PKR. Even R.S.Thanenthiran & Jayathas, the Malaysian coordinators for Policewatch Malaysia, would not be spared too if elected. They would be sitting ducks for BN. In this light, it is only fair that we go for a candidate with less publicity, less political dirt and someone that BN would find very difficult to penetrate. I stand corrected, but i think Manikumar makes a good candidate.

The 500 people who resigned from PKR en bloc with Kalaivanar should reconsider their move and i hope they don't blindly follow their 'leader' to the BN grave. They should contemplate the fact that their 'leader' is willing to abandon the struggle for a better future for the Indians and Malaysians as a whole just because he was not the chosen candidate for PKR. That makes him less selfless and more a selfish person. That makes him a dangerous candidate.

Come on Indians, let's start thinking out of the box. We have been in oblivion the past 51 years. Now we have a chance to do something to change that. Let's not blow it away for blind loyalty. Stop thinking as 'us Indians'. Start thinking as 'us Malaysians'. Why are we still sticking to the racial lines of struggle when that is exactly what we are trying to remove from the current system? The only way forward for the Indians in Malaysia is to stay united and support the PR to rid Malaysia of the BN regime once and for all. We also need to be patient with PR. They are only one year old. They didn't expect to take over five states last March. They are learning from their mistakes and we should allow them to do so.

Come on Indians, don't lose the plot!