dialysis was on Friday and he was very weak," she added.She said that Jayathas avoided his dialysis treatment as he would have to consume food after undergoing the treatment.She also told Malaysiakini that Jayathas had initially refused medical care because he wanted to continue with the strike but the others had convinced him to change his mind. Undergoing dialysisWhen contacted at about 4pm, Jayathas told malaysiakini that he was being treated at the emergency ward in Selayang Hospital."I'm feeling much better now and I will be undergoing dialysis in a while," he said.Explaining his earlier condition, Jayathas said that he first felt giddy while performing the prayers and that his legs began to cramp.
"I’ve resolved to struggle for the rights of Malaysian Indians. The Umno government has cheated Malaysian Indians for more than 51 years and this has to come to an end," he said.
The focus then turned to outspoken Puchong MP Gobind, who said there were still ‘ghosts’ in the ruling Barisan Nasional who wanted ISA amended, but were still unwilling to do the necessary to achieve that.
country. Many were displaced when the rubber estates they were living in were taken away for development. Among those living in some of these existing rural estates, many were still poor and are uneducated. Their general mindset, sadly, had not changed much compared with that of their predecessors living in estates since they were brought in as indented labour by the British about 100 years ago. When they were later forced to leave their long time `habitat' many - with nothing in their possession - left for the urban areas and now make up about 40 percent of the urban hardcore poor in major cities. Their Tamil education has not helped them much to seek employment. Unfortunately, MIC politicians still insist that these schools should be retained. Many are without important documents due to their parents' ignorance and illiteracy. Many are also involved in crime to earn a living. With poor self- esteem, many of these displaced chain of population is have been affected by alcoholism and drugs. Political parties representing the ethnic Indians in the country have strived hard to help the Indians have a share of the economic pie in the country but the majority of the poor Indians have not achieved much in this process. Indian leaders have apparently failed this group of hardcore poor and many others who looked up upon their leaders for help the way poor ethnic Malays are being helped by their leaders. The inherent differences among ethnic Indians based on class, language, religion and place of origin of their ancestors have further alienated the Tamils who compose the majority of the poor among this ethnic community. These are the Tamils who descended from a generation of indented estate labourers brought in by the British to toil this land for the sole purpose of enriching the latter. They were made to work hard in British-owned rubber plantations with low wages, socially confined to only their workplace, living in shabby conditions and made to forget their miseries with cheap liquor. It was to a certain level a life of slavery for these labourers. Thousands died due to illnesses. For the past 100 years they have been systematically alienated from the mainstream culture.
The Hindraf movement is the result of this predicament faced by the downtrodden Indians. Hindraf is seeking help and awareness to uplift the economic status of these poor and that's all what they demand. Alienating the disgruntled poor Indians (or for that matter any other ethnic race) is not going to bode well for the country. Being harsh on them is not going to solve the inherent problem faced by these poor. Neither threats nor bad publicity is going to resolve the social and economic problems faced by the poor Indians; at worst, this will only tarnish the image of the country.These poor Indians had all throughout the history of this nation been loyal to the country, MIC, the Alliance party of post-independence and later the Barisan Nasional was looked upon as their saviour even when they got nothing much in return. Such was for their patronage. Poor or rich, the Indians had always been loyal to the incumbent government until the recent general election. These are the Indians in the country – a very loyal breed of people indeed. Their loyalty to the Barisan Nasional was never questioned until the last general election. 
Ghandi's principle of non-violence belongs to the whole world as he was a spiritual leader who advocated peaceful means of attaining justice. Ghandi never in his life time promoted aggression. He would not even kill an ant that bit him, for that matter.The focus now has to be that the poor Indians genuinely need help. That's their humble request.
