I refer to the Malaysiakini report Indian voters may boycott 'outsider' Manikumar .

A saying in Tamil goes like this: ‘When the village is divided into two, the drama troupe will be the happiest of all (due to the fact they get to do two shows and make twice the money.)

In Bukit Selambau, rhe drama troupe is MIC and are they glad to see all the squabbling amongst the Indians there over the candidates that will be standing for the coming by-election. A messay nominations days can be expected next Sunday.

Looking at Sabah, we can see that Barisan Nasional has always won by-elections where many independents stood. These independents are the spoilers who managed to split the votes to give BN an easy victory.

For example, the granny who stood as an independent in the March 2008 general elections manage to grab enough votes so that Mohd Sabu of PAS lost by a thin margin in Kuala Terengganu.

There are many elements who want to get Hindraf out of the way in Bukit Selambau and the MIC is among those at the top of this list. This is because they know no other pressure group has been able to gather such a mass support as that gained by Hindraf.

If not for police roadblocks, cancelled bus permits, fear-mongering and harassment by the various authorities, the Nov 25 rally in 2007 would have seen not thirty thousand but three hundred thousand people on the streets.

Indians have just about had enough of the MIC and the ruling BN for keeping them out of the nation’s development, marginalised and discriminated. This situation is not being looked into and nothing concrete is being done other than churning out statistics which are useless.

MIC is a one-man show and we all know who has shown he is the boss.

Hindraf should take MIC to task for the atrocities it has done especially in the Bukit Selambau area. Take for example Kg Sungai Getah 2 which has been without water or electricity for over 50 years due to the fact that MIC wanted to keep it that way.

Some politicians were directly involved in this issue and many reports, memorandums and rallies were done on the behalf of this group of villagers but no one could not help them as long as their political masters decided otherwise.

The Kg Sungai Getah 2 saga can be read here and here .

Hindraf should maintain its status quo by being a pressure group instead of squabbling over political clout. Without any political affiliation, it has been able to garner the Indian masses to support its cause and champion for the needs of all Indians in Malaysia.

This is not the time to go against anyone else but the MIC. The other parties can have their own representatives in the state assembly but the vision and goals of Hindraf should go on with or without political power.

MIC and BN have many tricks up their sleeve to create chaos and having the Indians boycott the Pakatan Rakayat candidate in Bukit Selambau is definitely going to help them.

It's time to focus on only one mission and that is for us to be rid of MIC which wants to keep the Indians subservient for another 50 years.

Unite against them with the Makkal Sakthi given by the people to ensure a victory at Bukit Selambau.