According to Tunku Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has an inferiority complex. This was because his grandfather was an Indian and father was part-Malay. Furthermore, he was a commoner.

K Das: He (Mahathir) is following Lee Kuan Yew's style.

Tunku: No, Lee Kuan Yew had his path all cleared, nicely cleared and he would travel along that path. But Mahathir's path is cluttered. He has not got his way cleared. It is not the same.

K Das: I was thinking of Lee Kuan Yew in the early days. He had all these potholes but he used his force...