COMMENT There’s no honeymoon period for acting Malaysian Indian Congress president G Palanivel. For the second time in as many days, he continues to foam frantically at the mouth, conjuring up more hype than usual - and this time with an added note of urgency.

He wants his hitherto selfish minions to get closer to the people , find out what they really want - as if they didn’t already know - and get back to him pronto. Déjà vu! Is he for real?