All is not well for Mr Vellu. The hidden forces of his once trusted allies are already calculating moves to ambush him. And when you say Mr Vellu, it simply refers to the party that he is helming till to date.
On Sunday, an UMNO vice-president hopeful revealed that the Prime Minister gave favourable indication that MIC-splinter party, Indian Progressive Front ( IPF ) will be accepted into the Barisan fold. For a party to be expelled or admitted into the almighty BN coalition, it needs the consent of all its’ 14-members. All this while MIC and PPP have blocked the entrance of IPF.
Anyway talking about IPF, I can’t stop shaking my head that this party actually exist till now! Seriously, its the only party in Malaysia, that despite admiting to be poor and representing the poor, managed to run a donation drive to buy superb high-end car for its demised president! Woots! And the party is now surviving mysteriously ruled by the wife of late-Tan Sri Pandithan. Duh.
On Monday, the all powerful Utusan Malaysia, that proudly ( and somewhat falsely) carries the tag line of ‘Penyebar Fikiran Rakyat’ ( did you realise that they changed from Pencetus fikiran tagline? ), carried an article under its ‘RENCANA’ section. RENCANA is the section where in-house Utusan writers sparks and spreads their agenda. The article can’t be misread, can’t be misintepreted.
Apa sebenarnya kemahuan samy vellu? ( Utusan, 15/12/08)
[...] pemimpin itu mahu menebus dosa kerana tidak berbuat apa-apa selama 29 tahun duduk di kerusi empuk Menteri?
[...] Hakikatnya, bekas Menteri Kerja Raya itu mesti ingat dan kena ingat bahawa tempoh berpuluh tahun yang beliau abaikan kerana ’sibuk’ dengan tugas-tugas menteri itulah menjadi punca keadaan masyarakat India didakwa berada pada tahap amat rendah.
If you know Utusan well, well this is how they ignite the fire. Operation Bye-bye Samy initiated. The next day, another piece of writing was published, but this time as a write-in by some reader, mysteriously a rather fast reply. The content of the article is highly arguable, very much naive in nature, full of flaws, and very-much a racially biased view. But it re-affirms the point some people are trying to bring up.
While it is still impossible for IPF to join BN ( and live longer) , but any indication from the UMNO side will only mean that they are losing patience with MIC, the party that is trying hard at the ground level to win back grassroot support. The sudden rising of outspoken MIC does not go down well with certain elements in UMNO. And at the same time, the always-quiet-MIC image doesn’t fit with the voters too.
At a time when MIC-politics are sooo damn boring, this will at least keep the fun live for a while. Let’s see what’s next.
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