! P0 H( J: I: n3 {1 D" v* gwww3.tvboxnow.comKUALA LUMPUR: Hindraf has decided to stay out of the rally dubbed Indraf 2.0, saying it would not endorse the distillation of its demands into the 10 points that the rally organisers intend to submit to the federal government at the end of the May 27 march.www3.tvboxnow.com6 @5 Q7 m: n5 I8 I* P; ]; E
“Hindraf still sticks to its original plan of asking the government to implement the 18-point demands raised during the 2007 protest,” the organisation’s national coordinator, W Sambulingam, told FMT. ' k: ?( p1 Q4 y& n. j) F' C3 qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“If we participate in the upcoming rally, then all the struggles since 2007 will become meaningless,” he added.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。' f5 W D4 g5 ]3 D3 j1 L% Q
The 18 demands for action to improve the lot of Malaysian Indians were the subject of the massive Hindraf rally of Nov 25, 2007, which many observers believe played a major role in the unprecedented opposition victories in the 2008 general election. The 18 points have been summarised to 10 by the Indraf 2.0 organisers.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。: I3 N& F; l; ~" m- W$ ], {
Indraf, which stands for Indian Rights Action Force, is a project of the NGO Malaysian Indian Voice (MIV). Spearheading the rally are Penang Deputy Chief Minister (II) P Ramasamy, NIAT president Thasleem Mohd Ibrahim and former Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees V Ganabatirao and R Kengadharan, both incarcerated for their activism as Hindraf members. Ganabatirao is also the president of MIV.公仔箱論壇- q1 ^* }2 T. k8 Z
Sambulingam said it would be better for Ramasamy to use his influence in Pakatan Rakyat to ensure that the Pakatan-ruled states meet Indraf’s 10 demands first before asking Barisan Nasional to do so. 8 d; ]/ R! o0 C. Y( I2 D, c H5 t公仔箱論壇“The time has come for Pakatan to emphasise how it is going to cater to the community instead of demanding the BN to implement the 10-point resolution,” he said. : ?! U0 [+ u! C“We are not taking BN’s side, but the Indian community should understand that the current political scenario is different from 2007. ” he added. ; P H- q+ s) Y- k1 Lwww3.tvboxnow.com“In 2007, Pakatan had not even been formed yet; so naturally we could only take our demands to BN. 1 X) j; p7 c) ^! _1 h- RTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。“But now, Pakatan controls a few states and it has one Indian as deputy chief minister, two as state executive councillors and nine as members of parliament.”www3.tvboxnow.com f3 K5 A: x. l1 w
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Contacted later, Ganabatirao rejected the insinuation that MIV was attempting to water down Hindraf’s struggle. N+ D2 C- y0 i( S0 l0 q8 LReferring to the 18 demands, he said they were in fact drafted by Kengadharan, who is a lawyer.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。1 p3 e* z/ D- `$ I3 l# T
“However, MIV decided to shorten the 18 demands into a 10-point resolution,” he said, adding that all the original 18 points were intact. “This is a more reasonable way to approach the government.”tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* \ {/ I% ]7 `# h3 I% T
He also noted that the 10 points were tabled last year in Shah Alam at a gathering of Indians. He claimed that 10,000 people attended the gathering and that they adopted the resolution unanimously. & H2 Z* o ]: ~! |, z) pThasleem, in a separate interview, said that Indraf was independent of Pakatan. ; U7 \9 G, e: P3 C, Y+ M( [www3.tvboxnow.com“Our protest is not against BN, but the federal government,” he said, adding that Indraf would not hesitate to protest against Pakatan if it were to capture Putrajaya and ignore the plight of Indians.公仔箱論壇& |) q6 s. `7 [
He said he had already submitted a memorandum to both BN and Pakatan, urging them to respect the resolution. 2 i9 v5 X) \& r g: o8 Y“However, only Pakatan responded to our voice,” he said.公仔箱論壇5 L6 y) H& f: b# k
He said he sent the memorandum to Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim and he pledged to ensure that Indians get their fundamental rights to education, employment and economic and social welfare if Pakatan wins in the coming election. , v# Q& u( \/ g" g9 mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThasleem also said no single person or group of Indians could claim ownership of Hindraf.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. M' N9 d- r/ @% K+ B
“Hindraf belongs to every Indian in Malaysia who took part in the 2007 protest,” he said. 0 T; c- l- W1 Q I" i( t6 y, _4 CTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 q1 ^$ c- s) `
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6 w# O. ^. V. H7 BAbout 2,000 people attended the Indraf 2.0 gathering @ Girl Guides Hall, Brickfields KL, 27 May 2012... Indraf 2.0 aims to consolidate support & unite Indians from all ethnic groups, and believes that Pakatan Rakyat will be able to effectively implement measures to resolve long-term issues affecting the Indian community. ' {. k* _0 ?, Twww3.tvboxnow.comwww3.tvboxnow.com; Z( U3 ~* v; D5 S3 Q% I# t