Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) has now challenged DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang, to a debate, provoked by what it alleges as the party's plagiarism of the movement's five-year blueprint document.

HRP N ganesan Its national adviser, N Ganesan ( right ) said after studying the contents of the DAP Gelang Patah Declaration for the Indian community, it was obvious the plan was plagiarised from their blueprint.

"After having been through the effort to draw up the blueprint ourselves, we cannot understand how a serious document in this category can be developed otherwise within 24 hours.

" Since, a large part of the Gelang Patah document really comes from the Hindraf blueprint, we cannot understand why in the first place DAP does not want to endorse our blueprint itself or negotiate on it," he said

Ganesan added that this questions the DAP's sincerity in coming out with the document.

"In our opinion all of this reeks of political opportunism and another impending grand deception for the Indian poor.

Cannot stand and watch anymore

"We cannot stand by and watch another attempt to cheat the poor people and to run off with their votes and then return peanuts to them," he said.

NONE He said DAP chairperson had on March 30, called Hindraf chairperson P Waythamoorthy ( left ) to end his hunger strike and resume discussion with opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to find an amicable solution to the blueprint stalemate and the next thing was Lim announcing the declaration.

"We find all this baffling and left us wondering if there is any seriousness at all in this entire episode," he added.

Ganesan then, on behalf Hindraf, called upon Lim to a personal debate before an open audience to clear the air on this..

"We will debate the proposition that the 'DAP declaration for the Indians is not a sincere plan to address the problems of the Indian poor in comprehensive and permanent ways'," he said

The DAP had announced the 14-point blueprint on March 31 aimed at uplifting the socio-economic level of the Indian community.

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