RK Anand

Following Waytha's resignation, MIC is being asked to do the same.

COMMENT Apart from Anwar being struck by lightning, the outcome appears to be sealed.

The EC's explanation for delaying the Kajang by-election makes no sense.

COMMENT It’s hard to dismiss that the master politician has miscalculated.

Chua Soi Lek is convinced that the polls are related to the Sodomy II appeal.

If he does not want to be MB, then why is he contesting the Kajang seat?

He's a federal leader and won't settle for less, says a political analyst.

She urges the gov't to make clear its position on this dicey subject.

COMMENT The open road and the thundering note from the exhausts in the background can be scintillating. But in the end, there is no escaping politics.

This could be a reflection of the Vatican’s disappointment with the archbishop of KL on his handling of the 'Allah' issue, says a source.

COMMENT A tale of aristocratic Najib's first encounter with chicken poop in Pekan and Anwar's incessant crowing...

COMMENT Until concrete measures are put in place, poor Indian Malaysian youths, like the Somalian pirates in ‘Captain Phillips', seem destined...

S Ambiga says that the term ‘grandmother' is unacceptable and reminds Malaysians that no politician is above scrutiny.

'Extremist ideas... provide for a quick solution by blaming everybody else for one's troubles,' says former minister Zaid Ibrahim.

PKR vice-president N Surendran says Umno is closer to the white supremacist ruling party that Mandela opposed.

COMMENT When the dreaded Umno circus comes to town, I cower with trepidation and watch it from a safe distance.

UPDATED 3.20PM A concerned group says the education system is only concerned about the country's Islamic past.

The outgoing Bersih co-coordinator is confident that the incoming leadership will keep the torch burning even after her exit.

COMMENT 'To what extent did ex-EC chief somersault over the rules to ensure his team won? And is his successor doing the same?'

As a former senior government officer, Dr Chua Soi Lek says, Abdul Rashid should be above such divisive sentiments.

She claims that contrary to Abdul Rashid's argument, the delineation exercise was to keep BN, and not the Malays, in power.

MIC's Jaspal Singh launches an acerbic salvo on the minister over his remarks, which the former describes as 'tinged with racism'.

Also coming under fire over the PM's decision to attend the CHOGM meeting despite urgings for a boycott is MIC president G Palanivel.

The police chief dismisses the possibility of journalists being present to cover the 'PDRM/Surendran vs armed criminals' confrontation.