I Agree Kedah Mb Must Resign

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ADUN SPEAKS | I agree with the MIC president S Vigneswaran that Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammed Sanusi Mohd Nor should resign from his post for not respecting the rights of Indians in his state.
In the last few months, Sanusi has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that he is not only a racist but a religious extremist.
He will use all kinds of reasons to justify the destruction of Hindu temples, some more than a hundred years old.
On the pretext of “lawful” demolition, the authorities destroyed a century-old Hindu temple in Alor Setar some months back to make way for a motorcycle parking lot.
A few days back, another Hindu temple in Kuala Kedah was demolished to make way for a futsal court.
Now, what is the urgency for a motorcycle parking lot or futsal court by destroying old Hindu temples?
Surely, the Kedah government has plenty of state land available for public purposes without destroying the temples?
Sanusi by his reckless actions in condoning the destruction of Hindu temples showed that he is a liability and a burden to the Kedah PAS government.
He has certainly embarrassed the party’s top leadership by simply having little or no respect for non-Muslims in Kedah.
No right-thinking decent PAS leader would go the extent of denying financial assistance from taxpayers money for Hindu temples.
Who is he to deny financial assistance to Hindu temples?
The funds at his disposal are from the taxpayers, not his personal money.
It is up to the PAS leadership to ascertain whether he should remain as the menteri besar of Kedah.
I think with these demolitions, Sanusi’s position as a menteri besar has become untenable.
Vigneswaran has challenged Sanusi to ban MIC, failing which he should resign.
The MIC leader has said in public that Sanusi is an incompetent menteri besar as he has no respect for non-Muslims in the state.
He also hinted that if Sanusi desires, he could even demolish the Hindu-Buddhist heritage structures built during the Sri Vijaya and Chola periods located in the Bujang Valley, Merbok in Kedah.
In doing so, he might even argue that structures were built without the “permission of the city or municipal councils”, yes, about a few thousand years ago!


P RAMASAMY is the state assemblyperson for Perai. He is also deputy chief minister (II) of Penang. - Mkini

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