Knives come out as Penang DCM mulls move to Parliament
(From left) Penang deputy chief minister P Ramasamy, Bagan Dalam assemblyman Satees Muniandy and city councillor P David Marshel are seen to be allies in a rivalry with another team in DAP.
GEORGE TOWN: Penang deputy chief minister P Ramasamy is expected to contest for a parliamentary seat in the next general election and Indian members in DAP are said to be already jostling to take over his place.
There are two rival sides, one aligned to Ramasamy and one said to be led by an ambitious newcomer. DAP insiders who gave FMT the information would not name the newcomer.
The Ramasamy allies are Penang city councillor P David Marshel and Bagan Dalam assemblyman Satees Muniandy.
Marshel may be facing some legal trouble. Someone has made a statutory declaration saying he was involved in the gruesome slashing of Penang Hindu Endowments Board executive director Ramachandran Muthiah in July.
He has denied the allegation, saying it was politically motivated and that someone in his own party was trying to frame him.
The accusation and the denial are a sign that Penang DAP is in a fractious state, and the line between the two sides appears to have been clearly drawn.
Ramasamy and his allies have also had to deny that Tamil schools were getting cheap tablet computers from the state. They have lodged a police report.
Ramasamy has said 500 laptops were bought at RM425 each for the schools, costing a total of RM212,500, more than the amount originally allocated.
A DAP insider said the accusations could be the work of the newcomer who was trying to get himself nominated for a state seat in the general election.
He also said this person had recruited several people who had an axe to grind against Ramasamy and his two allies.
“He has managed to round up people who are similarly against the current generation of Indian leaders in Penang DAP. Among them is one who did not have his tenure as a councillor extended.”
Another insider said Marshel was being targeted because he was being primed to be fielded as an assemblyman in the coming polls.
“The current allegations against him appear to be character assassination,” said the source. “Given his popularity among the Indians through his activism and eight years as a Seberang Perai councillor, this could be an attempt to thwart his ambition to be a YB.”
Another party man said the person behind the problem was someone who had an ambition to replace Ramasamy as one of the state’s two deputy chief ministers.
He also said this was an attempt to remove the current batch of Indian leaders because they would not kowtow to the majority leadership.
GEORGE TOWN: Penang deputy chief minister P Ramasamy is expected to contest for a parliamentary seat in the next general election and Indian members in DAP are said to be already jostling to take over his place.
There are two rival sides, one aligned to Ramasamy and one said to be led by an ambitious newcomer. DAP insiders who gave FMT the information would not name the newcomer.
The Ramasamy allies are Penang city councillor P David Marshel and Bagan Dalam assemblyman Satees Muniandy.
Marshel may be facing some legal trouble. Someone has made a statutory declaration saying he was involved in the gruesome slashing of Penang Hindu Endowments Board executive director Ramachandran Muthiah in July.
He has denied the allegation, saying it was politically motivated and that someone in his own party was trying to frame him.
The accusation and the denial are a sign that Penang DAP is in a fractious state, and the line between the two sides appears to have been clearly drawn.
Ramasamy and his allies have also had to deny that Tamil schools were getting cheap tablet computers from the state. They have lodged a police report.
Ramasamy has said 500 laptops were bought at RM425 each for the schools, costing a total of RM212,500, more than the amount originally allocated.
A DAP insider said the accusations could be the work of the newcomer who was trying to get himself nominated for a state seat in the general election.
He also said this person had recruited several people who had an axe to grind against Ramasamy and his two allies.
“He has managed to round up people who are similarly against the current generation of Indian leaders in Penang DAP. Among them is one who did not have his tenure as a councillor extended.”
Another insider said Marshel was being targeted because he was being primed to be fielded as an assemblyman in the coming polls.
“The current allegations against him appear to be character assassination,” said the source. “Given his popularity among the Indians through his activism and eight years as a Seberang Perai councillor, this could be an attempt to thwart his ambition to be a YB.”
Another party man said the person behind the problem was someone who had an ambition to replace Ramasamy as one of the state’s two deputy chief ministers.
He also said this was an attempt to remove the current batch of Indian leaders because they would not kowtow to the majority leadership.
Power corrupts, and DAP after 13 years in power in Penang is getting corrupted.
ReplyDeleteAlso the Malaysian Indian gangsta culture has been absorbed into DAP has well. Using gangsters , intimidation and violence for political gain.
Ramasamy oredy 72. Make way for younger leaders in Parlimen lah. Even Guanee only 60 can continue. Full head of black Brylcream hair. Jagdeep, s/o Karpal only 50 yo can take over DCM to Steven Sim.
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