Ramanan ‘misses forest for trees’, says Santiago in spat over Indian community

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The former Klang MP says the real question is why Indians are lacking their most basic rights almost seven decades after independence.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/09/27/ramanan-misses-forest-for-trees-says-santiago-in-spat-over-indian-community   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTNews #CharlesSantiago #RRamanan

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00:01DAP's Charles Santiago has criticised Deputy Entrepreneur Development and Co-operatives Minister R. Ramanan

00:07for touting government allocations as proof of its commitment to uplift the Indian community,

00:12saying Ramanan has missed the forest from the trees.

00:16Santiago argued that the eight packages mask deeper unresolved structural issues

00:21and said the real question is why so many Indians are still deprived of basic rights nearly seven decades after independence.

00:28He said if allocations were truly transformative, Tamil schools would not be struggling

00:34and Indian youth would not face limited access to higher education.

00:39He pointed out that the government has yet to address statelessness leaving many Indian children

00:44without the right to education, jobs and health care.

00:48Santiago questioned whether an independent committee exists to monitor government loan schemes

00:52and if there is a long-term plan for economic empowerment of Indian workers.

00:58He called for an independent third-party auditor to evaluate the success of these schemes

01:03in the interests of transparency and public interests.

01:07Responding to Ramanan questioning Santiago's record as an MP,

01:11he said his record was about institutional reforms,

01:15not chasing allocations and declined to continue what he called a tit-for-tat exchange.

01:20Planeutral FMT.

01:22Planeutral FMT.

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