LETTER | Don't weaponise the Indian community

LETTER | There was a university professor who became a politician and subsequently the deputy chief minister of Penang without going through the hard knocks of engaging in opposition politics.

After he was dropped in last year’s state election and since then he has not stopped venting his unhappiness towards DAP, his former party. Professor P Ramasamy, I think it is time for you to wake up to reality.

I must say you derived more gains than sacrifice. So for goodness sake, please stop weaponising the Indian community because of your personal dissatisfaction with DAP.

No community in Malaysia today is satisfied because our politics and governance are depraved. Whichever party or coalition emerges victorious or forms the government, we must learn to live with it.

What matters most is whether the government of the day can provide the right trajectory over the long term. Do we want a moderate government or a right-wing extremist government?

Say what you like, our country has been divided and dissected for far too long. It would probably take an equal amount of time to bring us together again.

The Madani government has its shortcomings and no one can dispute that. I think the present government is also aware of its own weaknesses. There are probably many things that the government would want to do differently but it is constrained by the political reality now besieging the country.

We have records of how the Indian community was marginalised since independence, essentially perpetrated and perpetuated by the same nationalist government. For a short while, it was ruled by another conservative government, which treated the Indians the same.

Many grievances

Now, we have the Madani government. For better or worse, it is a new government that is not even two years old. Suddenly, we have so many grievances that we want to “stab” this government and teach it a hard lesson.

It would be good if Professor Ramasamy could point out in what ways the Madani government has done less than the Perikatan Nasional and BN governments.

I sincerely hope there will be an objective evaluation of this and let us not continue using the Indian community to satisfy our agenda.

It does not make sense to me, Professor Ramasamy. Before this, you were a part of a multicultural DAP, and I believe you were happy to play your roles accordingly. Today you are the “champion for Indians”.

I think everyone, including Professor Ramasamy, can see what is behind the screen. Please, for the long-term good of this country, do not keep dividing us simply because you no longer have the favour of your party.