Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s handling of a question regarding racial quotas at public institutions of higher learning may have cost the Pakatan Harapan and BN votes from the Malaysian Indian community, according to Senator C Sivarraajh.

“The prime minister’s response appears to take Indian support for granted and clearly does not reflect the unity government’s commitment to help the Indian community,” he said in a statement today.

He pointed to analysts’ views that Indian support...