Please, Samy Vellu Needs TLC
A Kadir Jasin

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SINCE the time the MIC President, S Samy Vellu, made the allegation that the people were fed-up with BN and not with him, a number of developments had taken place.

His team won the MIC party election and one delegates had apparently proposed that the former Prime Minster, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, be garlanded with slippers for his unfavourable comments on Samy Vellu.

After receiving condemnation for the insult on Dr Mahathir, Samy Vellu announced immediate suspension of the delegate who made the proposal. Phew, what a suci tangan!

Just before the news of the suspension was relayed by The Star SMS service, several bloggers had apparently taken a stand to demand that the MIC be “kicked out of BN.”

I would like to differ from them. Kicking the MIC out of BN is not one of the uses I have in mind for my foot. That would probably be an insult to my foot. I would spare my foot for more useful and beneficial purposes.

Instead I would prefer to humour Samy Vellu and his disciples. If they think they are popular with the people and BN is but a liability, they should do the honourable thing – leave BN.

There is not even the point and the necessity for Samy Vellu to suspend the slipper provocateur. After all he could have come up with the idea after himself being provoked by Samy Vellu’s strident response to Dr Mahathir.

The delegate could have made the proposal thinking that it would please Samy Vellu very much.
You know how party delagates are -- shine the apple.

As for the former Prime Minister, I don't think he wants MIC to be kicked out of BN. Dr Mahathir knows Samy Vellu better than any of us, having been his keeper for 22 years. When he was the boss, Samy Vellu sang praises. Biasalah!

Samy Vellu is such a crybaby, that on the slightest provocation, he would run to Dr Mahathir to complain.

But you can’t also blame Samy Vellu. Being up there as MIC prez for 30 years – beating the records of all presidents of BN political parties – can be lonely and scary. People are bound to tell you that you’ve been up there too long.

So let us not be too harsh on him. He needs TLC.