Hold Your Horses, Samy Vellu to T Muhyiddin Yassin an ultimatum from RSS HINDU INSPIRED MIC is Palanivel or we are outthe slave house called Barisan

MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu will meet with Barisan Nasional deputy chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin this morning with an ultimatum from the party — Datuk G. Palanivel as the Hulu Selangor candidate or we are leaving the slave house called Barisan “This has never happened before, but the CWC meeting last night resolved that BN accepts Palanivel or we won’t stand in Hulu Selangor this time; let Umno put a candidate,” a central working committee (CWC) member told The Malaysian Insider.

“Any MIC members who receive an offer to stand as the party representative will be sacked immediately... meaning until now, only one name has been offered by the MIC and no one else can accept the ticket for MIC,” the source said.Asked if the decision was a threat to the BN leadership, an MIC leader said “it is not a threat but a firm stand to defend MIC’s dignity”.

Samy Vellu had announced early this morning the party was investigating Mugilan, who is also Hulu Selangor MIC Youth chief, for allegedly “stealing” the Hulu Selangor seat from Palanivel.

He said the party was mulling disciplinary action, including sacking, for those working against the party. “Whoever who acts to steal a seat from the MIC will face action. On top of the list now is Mugilan,” Samy Vellu explained.

Mugilan has been seen as an “Umno proxy,” although his name only surfaced after several polls conducted by agencies appointed by Umno and BN.

The 35-year-old businessman has kept mum about his chances but is now campaigning for Palanivel, who also happens to be his political mentor over the past 10 years.

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As the shootout for Hulu Selangor draws near, the dirty campaign of UMNO has begun in full swing. Predictably, UMNO are not focusing on the issues of the rakyat. UMNO are focused on the only thing they know, and that is: to spread lies and misinformation.

According to The Deputy Prime Minister and his hired hands, one of the issues plaguing my candidacy is my disciplinary record, specifically of being suspended by UMNO for money politics. As a result of that, they conveniently use this to accuse me of everything under the sun: corrupt, greedy, wealthy, etc.
As always, the truth will set you free. It is perhaps something UMNO is unfamiliar with. Time and time again, they continue to underestimate the intelligence of the rakyat and try to confuse them with fiction, but the rakyat knows better.

I have defended myself from these accusations many times, but will do so again.

So here it is…

In 2001, I won the contest for the post of UMNO Division Chief for Kota Bharu. Took me three attempts and 10 years to do that but I did it.

That position left them with no choice but to field me as a candidate for March 2004 General Election. I won a hard fought contest for the Kota Bharu Parliamentary seat, although the 3 State Assembly seats in that parliamentary constituency was won by PAS. (Somewhat similar to the present situation in Hulu Selangor where the 3 State seats were won by BN in 2008, and now I am trying to win it again for PKR). I expected a more supportive reaction from UMNO considering the significance of the victory — it was the first time after 15 years of PAS rule, that BN at last won the Kota Bharu seat.

But it was not to be. They were ready to knife me again. By June 2004, there was again another contest for the UMNO Kota Bharu Division. Fortunately, I was able to retain the seat as Division Chief, uncontested.
But other positions in the party were up for grabs. During that contest , certain individuals issued complaints by way of signing false statutory declarations that I had given money to “my agent”, the late Datuk Zahari Wahab in exchange for votes, purportedly on my behalf.

On the 16th of October 2004, I was charged for money politics. I found this charge to be utterly ridiculous, because I won the seat uncontested. There was no opponent. So, how could I be charged for money politics, when there is no contest? But within UMNO, I guess anything is possible.

For the charges to have any merit, there must be a witness to support the charge of money politics. If accusations against my friend Zahari Wahab of giving money for votes had any merit, how were they certain it wasn’t for Zahari’s own campaign? At the time, Zahari himself was contesting for the Vice President of the Division. Even if it was true that Zahari had indulged in money politics, he might have done it for himself as he was the one contesting. By the time the 1st hearing came up before the UMNO Disciplinary board, Zahari Wahab had unfortunately passed away. Incidentally he too, was charged with money politics which I believe was also false.. But with his demise, the UMNO Disciplinary Board could not put forth Zahari to support their claims. They did not put forth any other witness to support these accusations, other than the false statutory declarations which I had no opportunity to challenge the maker of these statements. I described the proceedings as a sham and that upset them. They were determined to pass this judgment on me without any basis whatsoever.

It was clear that I was being framed. I challenged and questioned the system of how the Board arrived at their decision without any supporting proof or evidence.

In the end, the UMNO Disciplinary Board ruled that I was guilty of money politics. But, they were indeed willing to spare me any punishment, on the condition that I apologize to the UMNO disciplinary board for questioning their process and authority.

Under no circumstances was I ever going to apologize to the board. Any apology for my alleged actions to the board would implicitly be admitting my guilt, and I was not going to compromise on the principle of the matter and my innocence. When I refused to apologize, that was when the UMNO board suspended me for 3 years.

In 2008, when I was made a Minister, I did not wish for there to be any doubt as to my character and credibility as I undertook this important responsibility in what I consider to be a reformist Government. I wanted to clear my name of any suspicion of those charges. So, I requested the then Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) to investigate me further, to clear my name once and for all. Till today, they have not come forth with any outcome. If I was really as guilty as so they claim, why did they make me a Minister? Because the truth is, I did not do anything as claimed by my opponents in UMNO; that is why I was made a Minister.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin suggested today that I was picked as the candidate for Hulu Selangor supposedly because of my deep pockets. My lovely wife and daughter, Alysha are very excited now; they asked me where did I hide my wealth and they insist that I take them out shopping. Now, I’m in trouble!

I suggest it is best for the DPM to hold his tongue. It is certainly not befitting of a DPM to stoop so low and make such claims. If he were to make such claims, then he must stand by those statements..

I was never wealthy, unlike other UMNO Ministers. I was a Minister for only 6 months. And before that I was never a crony of any one, nor obtained any concessions or APs or even blocks of shares. In the interest of transparency, I would be prepared to disclose to the public my possessions and my so called ‘wealth’; and that of my family and my children as well, on the condition that the DPM and his colleagues in Cabinet are willing to do the same of their own possessions, of their families, of their children, and their nominees.

During my brief tenure as Minister, (Tun) Pak Lah and I suggested that Cabinet Ministers should declare their assets. To show that BN Ministers are clean and not afraid of full accountability and transparency in their dealings . Many senior ministers opposed this idea. They opposed everything good that Pak Lah wanted to do. I wonder what the DPM has to say about this now.

If he hasn’t got anything useful to add, I suggest to the DPM that we move on and address the issues I have raised for the people in Hulu Selangor. And the issues facing the country. Lets have a fair fight and see who has the support of the people!

Relations between the two senior BN members have been strained by reports that Umno was keen to replace the former four-term Hulu Selangor MP with a new face — MIC Youth deputy leader V. Mugilan — when Muhyiddin announces the candidate this afternoon.

“I don’t think umno will be interested to campaign for RSS HINDU INSPIRED MIC , It does not reflect the values that UMNO Islam is trying to promote, but you can never tell, UMNO can always change their stand,” LIKE UMNO JUDGES said Kelantan Opposition Leader Datuk Alwi Che Ahmad.The Kok Lanas assemblyman has been in Hulu Selangor since early this week to campaign against his fellow Kelantanese.

“UMNO and RSS HINDU INSPIRED MIC are like chicken and duck, they cannot understand each other,” Alwi told The Malaysian Insider.UMNO grassroots are said to be uneasy with MIC’s past RELATIONSHIP WITH HINDRAF AND HOW MIC

WANTED TO PUT SLIPPERS AS MALAI ON MAHATIR A leader who declined to be named had suggested that if the Barisan could not respect the party’s choice, then it should “hand” the seat back to Umno which had initially wanted it.“Our dignity is on the line,” he said. Another went a step further by suggesting that the party should consider leaving the coalition altogether.It is no secret that some local leaders are against the Barisan fielding Palanivel who was Hulu Selangor MP for four terms prior to losing the seat to the PKR in the 2008 general election.

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s strategy in the Hulu Selangor by-election campaign is simple: the ruling Barisan Nasional devil coalition as unscrupulou From corruption and gambling licences, to the APCO Worldwide issue, the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) de facto leader left some 1,500 attendees rapt by his fluid oratory skills, as he pounded BN ceaselessly in a bid to sway local voters away from supporting the coalition in the April 25 by-election.

PKR has claimed the public relations company, employed by the Najib administration, has links to Israel and is using it as campaign fodder. “I am not trying to insult Datuk Seri Najib Razak personally, but APCO is an international firm based in [the] US but is led by [a] former Israeli intelligence chief of staff.“They are paying US$24.2 million (RM76.8 million) a year not just to a spy, but also to a Zionist,” said Anwar.

Anwar’s tone last night was telling of this. Fully aware of what was at stake come polling day, the former deputy prime minister painstakingly promoted the pact he leads while chastising its arch-nemesis BN.

“I am not saying everyone in PR is an angel but when I find out a person who is corrupt, I’m the first person to recommend that person to be sacked,” he told a racially diverse crowd at the PR ceramah here.Recent issues have provided Anwar ample ammunition with which to attack BN. Anwar said to the constituency’s racial composition a sensitive issue for the Malay-Muslims — who form more than half of Hulu Selangor’s 64,500 vote pool — by attacking the federal government’s liberal policy on gambling.“The government wants to increase gambling licences although it is illegal in Islam. The ustaz (Islamic teachers) in Umno have no problems with increasing the licences“But in PR, we have signed a declaration to work toward reducing these licences,” Anwar said.In maintaining PR’s multi-racial facade, Anwar explained that the mainly Chinese DAP were also signatories to the memorandum, pre-empting possible fears among Hulu Selangor’s Chinese voters.“If this was printed in Utusan Malaysia, Umno would have lost long ago,” said the Permatang Pauh MP.