Still sore over cow head, Section 23 Indians to root for PAS in Bagan Pinang

Indian residents of Section 23 here and from other parts of the Selangor capital intend to ensure the cow head protest against the relocation of a Hindu temple here, is “prominently featured” in the upcoming Bagan Pinang by-election.

Plans are under way to get the residents, who are still smarting over how the protest was orchestrated by politicians, to campaign on the side of PAS.

Some 20 per cent of the voters in Bagan Pinang in Negeri Sembilan are Indians and could prove crucial in a close contest.

“We will remind the Indians in Bagan Pinang what happened to the community here,” said resident K Raja, a draughtsman.

His remarks appear to suggest that Indians in Section 23 and in other parts of Selangor are blaming Umno for the cow head protest which caused race tensions and has resulted in a number of individuals charged for sedition.

On August 30, about 50 Malay-Muslim protestors marched to the state secretariat here after Friday prayers and desecrated a cow’s head to demonstrate their intolerance over plans to relocate a 150-year-old temple to Section 23.

Police allowed the protest to proceed, despite the fact that the animal is considered sacred by Hindus, but later bowing to public pressure, six men were charged for sedition and illegal assembly while another six for illegal assembly.

However the less than swift action against the protestors, who also disrupted a town hall meeting held by the state government to resolve the issue, has led to allegations of double standards by the federal government.

Raja said that besides a word-of-mouth campaign, plans are also afoot to distribute brochures about the incident during the Bagan Pinang campaign.

“So far, we have about five residents who are keen on going but we expect others to join us.”

He said the residents will join a bus load of others from the community, who intend to be in Bagan Pinang on nomination day.

Other residents who declined to be name told The Malaysian Insider that they were still very hurt over what had happened and are intent on repaying UMNO during the by election.

“We know PAS is facing an uphill task because of the postal votes but we will ensure they get the votes from the Indian community,” said one resident.

The trip to Bagan Pinang is being organised by the PAS supporters club of Shah Alam, who intend to fill a bus and several cars with supporters.

“We also have others things to tell the Indian voters there besides the cow head protest.” said club chairman N Nathan, without elaborating.



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Bravo to them! It is time for all reasoning Malaysians to send a clear message to UMNO that we will not tolerate the kind of instability that it seeks to create in our midst in its attempt to stay in power. We are peace-loving people but we will not tolerate the abuse of power, corruption, injustice and the plunder of our nation by politicians in high places and their cronies. Enough is enough! UMNO, by rewarding the likes of Razak Baginda with RM500 million for the submarine deal and by rewarding your cronies with billions of RM in the PKFZ scandal, you have deprived our children and us of a brighter and better future. It is time for you to ship out. We, the rakyat, have had enough! It is better for us to swim with PR though they have not had much experience in running a nation than to swim with the devil. So, goodbye UMNO. Bagan Pinang will be your 8th by-election defeat because we will say "UM, NO" to you!

Yes, show those Umno goons that even with postal votes, as long as the general voters are exercising their rights, Umno/BN is going to lose every by-election from now on. Make sure the two clips from Malaysiakini are distributed to all the voters in Bagan Pinang.

Come on, voters! Show your power!!
Hidup Rakyat!!! Down with racists Umno/BN racists!!!!