‘Hopelessness’, ‘blunders’ behind low Indian vote for PH, says Santiago

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DAP’s Charles Santiago also says there is a lingering sense that the government is not doing enough to look into the plight of the Indian community.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/08/18/hopelessness-blunders-behind-low-indian-vote-for-ph-says-santiago/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2023/08/18/putus-asa-kesilapan-ahli-politik-punca-undi-india-untuk-ph-rendah-kata-santiago/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #CharlesSantiago #FormerKlangMP #IndianCommunity #PakatanHarapan #PKR #PartiSocialisMalaysia

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00:00 "There is a lot of anger within the Indian community," said DAP's Charles Santiago.

00:07 Santiago said this accounted for a drop in Indian support for Pakatan Harapan at the

00:11 recent state polls as a result of several blunders committed by politicians.

00:17 Santiago cited DAP's ill-timed decision to drop P. Ramasamy as a candidate for the

00:21 Penang polls, as well as a slur used by PKR's Najuan Halimi against party socialist Malaysia

00:28 and its candidate for the Meru state seat, Sivaranjani Manikam, as glaring missteps.

00:33 Santiago also pointed out that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's handling of a question by

00:38 an Indian student on the quota system in education was also found to have been condescending.

00:44 The former Klang MP further emphasised that apart from PH feeling unknown candidates,

00:49 there was also a lingering sense that the government was not doing enough to look into

00:52 the plight of the Indian community.

00:55 Santiago, who sits on the Selangor Indian Consultative Council, was responding to questions

00:59 about the low Indian voter turnout during the August 12 state polls, which he described

01:04 as "one of the absolute worst."

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