Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) believes Pakatan Harapan chairperson Dr Mahathir Mohamad is taking a page of out Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's BN playbook by courting Persatuan Hindraf Malaysia (PHM) and former MIC president G Palanivel's supporters.

PSM central committee member S Arutchelvan noted Najib, too, had courted PHM during the last general election.

"It's just a political ploy to get Indians to support (Harapan). This was what (prime minister) Najib did last time.

"It's the first time Mahathir is following what Najib has done," Arutchelvan told journalists in Bangi today.

Arutchelvan said Mahathir's courtship of race-based organisations and movements was similar to the "old racial politics" of BN.

"Having Indian representatives, Chinese representatives and all that.

"That means they are going to do a continuation of racial politics, nothing different (from BN)," he said...