Samy Vellu's Deepavali Bullshit

Samy: Demolished Temple Issue ResolvedThe issue of the Hindu temple in Shah Alam that was demolished has been resolved, with the Selangor state government allocating a plot of land for the temple’s relocation.

MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the solution was reached after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi directed him and Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo to sit down and resolve the matter.

“Earth work for the temple relocation has begun,” Samy Vellu told newsmen at the Putra World Trade Centre on Wednesday after the presidential address at the Umno general assembly.

Samy Vellu, who is Works Minister, stressed that the MIC had never looked at the temple demolition issue as a religious problem but more as an administrative weakness.

“Only I as the president had voiced my view on the matter to the Prime Minister and Mentri Besar,” he said.

“I have spoken to the Prime Minister and I have told him that we will all celebrate Deepavali,” he said, adding that he would also attend the national-level Deepavali celebrations in Brickfields on Nov 11. (The Star)

***** The way that Samy Vellu puts it, it's as if he's achieved something great. Note the typical arrogance with which he says “only I as the president had voiced my view on the matter to the Prime Minister and Mentri Besar.” But neither Samy Vellu nor the others have explicitly stated that it is the inherent right of every religious group to have their places of worship without official hindrance or discrimination.

The reality is that Toyol told him to f*** o** when Sam first approached him to postpone the temple demolition. After all what can he gain by delaying the destruction? By remaining adamant and demolishing the temple, Toyol gained a couple of pahala points and came across as an Umno warrior unbending in his day-and-night sworn duty to 'struggle' and fight for bangsa, agama dan negara. Who knows, this temple issue may literally be a heaven sent opportunity for the vertically challenged Selangor MB to ascend the Umno ladder.

After being told to piss off by the dwarf-sized Toyol and seeing the anger expressed by various sections of Malaysians, Sam tried some damage control by threatening to cancel Deepavali open houses being hosted by MIC leaders. (Isn't it true that in Malaysia the only ones who actually have open house celebrations, as fake as they may be, for the various festivals are the political parties?) That boycott threat backfired when the PM soundly rapped both of Sam's knuckles until he screamed, "aiyo aiyo no boycott lah master. I've been misquoted"

In all probability Sam would have then approached Pak Lah, crying and begging to be heard. He would have told him a scary story of how almost every non-Malay is upset and angry with continuous demolitions. With a considerable number of Indians openly saying that they will never vote for MIC and BN again, Sam would have painted a doomsday scenario of embarrassing losses in the next elections, especially since the Chinese too have said the same thing several times in the past year.

Pak Lah, not willing to take a risk at a time when his own popularity is on the decline, would have leaned on the short statured Indonesian dentist in Selangor. Under such pressure from the PM, the rabidly chauvinistic toyol thinking of his own political future and not wishing to annoy the Umno president, would have approved unwanted TOL land in some hidden area for Samy Vellu's temple.

Now Samy Vellu is crowing success, at least until the next temple is bulldozed and pulverized somewhere else in this increasingly fanatical country we call home. And let not Sam forget that Toyol is an ambitious Indon. He will furtively sanction a few more demolitions of temples in the run up to the next elections. His target is the Malay voter. The others can go to hell.
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A very happy Deepavali to all Hindu readers of this blog.