LETTER | Kulasegaran and Ramasamy are scared of Saravanan

Malaysians may be left confused by the political mud-slinging that took place over the last two days, but one thing seems clear– Saravanan has come out a winner in public perception.

Recently, former human resources minister M Kulasegaran accused present Human Resources Minister M Saravanan of having failed to live up to his position and was incompetent at his job.

In school, we were taught to look at the good things that someone has done. Lying is an acquired skill. Politicians are probably the best at this.

Kulasegaran’s story is extremely flawed and riddled with discrepancies. What he is saying is the opposite of what happened.

Kulasegaran’s statement was made without fully understanding Saravanan’s request to the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the US authorities. The US embassy in Kuala Lumpur is in regular contact with the Malaysian government on forced labour issues.

And still, Kulasegaran can spin his story and get away with it.

Since Saravanan took over as Human Resources Ministry in 2020, he has introduced various measures to check on forced labour.

This includes the introduction of the e-wages system, enforcement of Act 446 which ensures proper living conditions for migrant labour, introduced centralised labour quarters for foreign workers, ratified Protocol 29 of the ILO, amendments to the Employment Act 1955 (Act 265) which among others includes maternity leave of 98 days, paternity leave of 7 days and so on.

Ipoh Barat MP Kulasegaran must put a stop to his vindictive and personal vendetta against Saravanan.

Do not bark up the wrong tree Kulasegaran. Stay cool.

Even your party DAP has lost confidence in you. Before the 14th general election, Kula and his allies accused the BN government of mistreating the Indians and leaving more than 300,000 Indians stateless.

The issues of stateless Indians were played up by Kulasegaran, Perai assemblyperson P Ramasamy and other opposition leaders during ceramah sessions and demonstrations before the May 9 polls to fan the fire of the Indian community.

Those were just lies and claims not based on facts, merely raised by the opposition to discredit the then government and confuse the people.

During Pakatan Harapan’s short 22 month rule, Kulasegaran did not do anything to fix the problems he accused the previous government of ignoring.

Meanwhile, on the invitation to debate on matters regarding forced labour, Saravanan is prepared to face the Penang Deputy Chief Minister II Ramasamy.

Saravanan is an orator with almost magical abilities to mesmerise audiences across the board and is of superior intellect and political acuity.

Let’s rock.

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