{"id":2442,"date":"2010-05-09T13:08:59","date_gmt":"2010-05-09T05:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buletinonline.net\/v7\/index.php\/2010\/05\/umno-will-never-fight-for-indians-says-dcm-rama\/"},"modified":"2010-05-09T13:08:59","modified_gmt":"2010-05-09T05:08:59","slug":"umno-will-never-fight-for-indians-says-dcm-rama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/umno-will-never-fight-for-indians-says-dcm-rama\/","title":{"rendered":"Umno will never fight for Indians, says DCM Rama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ja-thumbnailwrap thumb-left\" style=\"width: 250px;\">\n<div class=\"ja-thumbnail clearfix\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail\" style=\"position: relative; z-index: 2;\"><a class=\"fancyboxgroup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freemalaysiatoday.com\/fmt-english\/images\/stories\/indian%20protest.jpg\" rel=\"jagroupgroup\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img_caption left\" style=\"float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caption\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freemalaysiatoday.com\/fmt-english\/images\/resized\/images\/stories\/indian%20protest_250_250.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"File pix from the 2007 Hindraf rally\" title=\"File pix from the  2007 Hindraf rally\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"img_caption\">File  pix from the 2007 Hindraf rally<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ \n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function() {\nif( ! jQuery(\"a.fancyboxgroup\").fancybox({\n\t\timageScale:1,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcenterOnScroll: 1}) ) \n\t{ document.write(''); }\n});\n\/*  *\/\n]]><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By Athi Shankar<\/p>\n<p>GEORGE TOWN: Rights, interests and benefits  of the minority Indian community in this country can only be safeguarded  if there is a political change in the country, said Penang Deputy Chief  Minister P Ramasamy today.<\/p>\n<p>Ramasamy, a senior DAP leader, suggested that until a change was made  to remove the Barisan Nasional government at Putrajaya, the Indians  here will continue to face hardships in protecting their religious and  cultural identity and lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Indians here cannot expect  protection under the current Umno rule. They must go for a political  change to safeguard their rights, interests and benefits in the  country,\u201d he told some 100 Malaysia Hindu Sangam (MHS) members who  attended their Penang council\u2019s 30th annual general meeting here today.<\/p>\n<p>Batu  Kawan parliamentarian Ramasamy pointed out that forced and unwitting  religious conversions and parental custody fight over children due to  conversion by a spouse were among the main predicaments faced by the  community today in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Other pressing issues, he said,  were frequent temple demolitions in BN-controlled states and piecemeal  federal allocations for Tamil schools<\/p>\n<p>He blamed the racist  policies of the Umno-dominated federal government over the years as the  main cause for the community&#8217;s quandary in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said  without the desired political change, the Indian community would not  succeed in their quest to attain equal religious rights \u201cno matter how  hard they tried\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ramasamy said in a real democracy, the majority  would always protect the rights and interests of minorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever,  in Malaysia, the Umno\u2019s governance is to the contrary,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Temples&#8217; duty for the  community<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, MHS national president Mohan  Shanmugam called on Hindu temples to double up their functions as public  service centres by conducting religious, meditation, yoga, cultural  dance and art classes for Hindus in their respective areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead  of spending thousands to re-develop and decorate temples frequently,  the managements should spend money on these activities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He  also warned that MHS state and local councils to buck up in their  activities or face the wrath of the national leadership.<\/p>\n<p>He said  the national leadership would intervene and initiate changes in state  and local councils if they were caught \u201csleeping on their job.\u201d<br \/>He  said state and local councils shall constantly carry out programmes  throughout a year to stimulate growth of Hindu religion and Tamil  language across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who cannot deliver should  step down and let more capable people to take over. Otherwise the  national leadership will interfere, if needed, to invoke the changes,\u201d  warned Mohan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 File pix from the 2007 Hindraf rally By Athi Shankar GEORGE TOWN: Rights, interests and benefits of the minority Indian community in this country can only be safeguarded if there is a political change in the country, said Penang Deputy Chief Minister P Ramasamy today. Ramasamy, a senior DAP leader, suggested that until a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"better_featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}