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YennaMike Says : Few months ago a subject was raised why Malaysian indian are still behind in time, Samy says no they are well educated and in par with the time...well if your words were true why are you treating as if all Indians are still behind time and hoping MGR will campaign for you...??
Embattled MIC president S Samy Vellu is hoping to use the star power of Tamil actor MG Ramachandran to rope in the votes in this general election.
Last night, the late actor - who is popularly known as MGR - was raised from the dead in the form of an impersonator for an event in Sungai Siput, Perak.
Samy Vellu was also present at the bash which had numerous local performers belting out songs and dancing to the tunes.
The MIC president, who looked exhausted, rushed to the venue from an earlier ceramah in Lintang. Also present was his running mate and Jalong state seat candidate, Cheah Chee Kuan.
Surrounded by an army of local Barisan Nasional leaders, the 71-year-old politician walked through the night market on his way to the stage.
He mingled with the traders and patrons who appeared rather startled by his unannounced presence.
Across the road, his rival from Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM), Dr D Jeyakumar was leading a 10-member delegation.
The duo - who are facing each other for the third time - did not acknowledge each other’s presence. Jeyakumar will be contesting under the PKR banner.
Addressing a crowd of 200, mostly MIC members, Samy Vellu asked them to vote for him and Cheah in the March 8 polls.
"We will bring development and changes. We will look after of all the demands of the people of Sungai Siput," he pledged.
PSM ceramah
About 10 meters behind the MIC stage, was PSM's makeshift stage - a lorry trailer. Some 400 people gathered to hear Jeyakumar and DAP Jalong candidate Lee Mee Meng.
However, their voices were nearly drowned by the music blaring from the huge speakers at the MIC event.
"Look at the gap, it's just a stone's throw away. They (MIC) are using their financial might and intimidating the voters. They will only make people hate them more with such cheap tactics," said an enraged local resident, T Rajen, 34.
A DAP volunteer claimed that the crowd at their ceramah was "genuine and not paid" to attend the function.
"Their stage alone cost RM5,000, ours is a lorry, given by a member for free. The people’s support for us is genuine," said the volunteer, who only identified himself as Chai.
While MIC is confident of retaining the Sungai Siput parliamentary seat, party insiders agree that they might lose some of the support from the Indian voters.
Businessman A Sakthi Vellu, who converted his building to a temporary MIC operations centre, said the business community here supported Samy Vellu.
His younger brother Kumar, an MIC volunteer, is also confident of a victory.
"We have the Malay and Chinese votes. No problem with that," he said.
As Samy Vellu left the area, an old Tamil song was played and the lyrics went "Aacham Enpathu Madamaiyada." (There is no reason to fear).
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