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Rift in Hindu group ahead of Malaysian polls
Saturday April 27, 2013 06:03:22 PM,
IANS
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Singapore: There is
dissension within a major Hindu rights group in Malaysia, ahead of
that country's general elections next month.
A rift between brothers P. Waythamoorthy and P. Uthayakumar of the
Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) has become apparent after an
SMS started circulating that Waythamoorthy had been sacked as
chairman of the group by its “supreme council” and that
Uthayakumar would be championing the group's cause, according to
the local media.
Hindraf projects itself as a Hindu rights protection group and is
extremely vocal in its criticism of the policies of the Barisan
Nasional party.
Hindraf had started as a coalition of 30 non-governmental
organisation and had gained prominence in multi-racial Malaysia
for its actions in the aftermath of the destruction of some Hindu
temples in that country in the past few years.
However, controversy simmered over the past one week after
Waythamoorthy's faction in Hindraf signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with Barisan Nasional April 21 where Malaysian
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak endorsed a blueprint for
uplifting the Malaysian Indian community, The Star newspaper
reported.
Indians comprise a little over seven percent of the country's
total population of nearly 30 million.
The blueprint highlights issues about displaced Indian plantation
workers in the country, education until tertiary level, job
opportunities in the government sector and financial loans to
Indian entrepreneurs, according to the report.
Waythamoorthy has dismissed reports that he had been sacked and
said that there was no “supreme council” within Hindraf.
“He (Uthayakumar) left Hindraf to form his own human rights
group,” he was quoted as saying.
“He's always been a one-man show, he disagrees with us so he got a
few people and now he is saying that I've been sacked and he's the
de facto leader.”
Claiming that 700 Hindraf members had turned up to endorse the
April 21 MoU, Waythamoorthy said that the interests of the Indian
community would be better served by the Barisan Nasional.
Malaysia goes to the polls May 5.
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