1.This morning i had the opportunity of meeting in butterworth 60
participants of a seminar on political awareness organised by the mic
penang . The participants were all members of the penang mic youth and
women divisions. I would like to pen here a few things that i had
raised to the 60 participants mostly youth and women members. Since it
was a seminar centered on the idea of creating awareness on political
issues , i told them they have to first define themselves politically.
They must function like a political party and not like an ngo.they
must carefully define the work of a political party. They must raise
the level of political awareness of the voters.
2.I told them that we have to continously meet and talk to our voters
and educate them on the importance of their voting power. We should
tell voters that they should vote for those who work for them.
We must make them politically aware that they should support those who
support them.
3. I also told them that there is a new domestic political situation
and that the international situation has also changed. They should not
overlook the new situation and that we were no longer in the comfort
zones of the past.
4. There are  new problems now. We have to adjust to the new
situation, meet the new requirements and solve the new problems.
The challenge facing the mic, the indians and also the nation must be
identified, discussed and debated.
5. We must become a learning party. We must do things that enhance us
in the eyes of the electorate and ponder on what should be done to
improve our status, and what should be done to clear the
misconceptions about us and what do we do to create the right
perception about us.
6. Mic must become a learning party, it must build its institutional
capacity to function in a more productive way

This morning I had the opportunity of meeting in Butterworth 60 participants of a seminar on Political Awareness organised by the MIC Penang . The participants were all members of the Penang MIC Youth and Women divisions. It was an interesting occasion because we were gathered to brainstorm some very pertinent issues that we as Indians were facing politically.

Since it was a seminar centered on the idea of creating awareness on political issues, I suggested to the participants that we had to first define ourselves politically. The next step was to plan how we must function like a political party and not like an NGO. We must strategically chart our work as a political party and raise the level of political awareness of the voters.

I also told them that we have to continously meet and talk to our voters and educate them on the importance of their voting power. We must make them politically aware and remind them that they should support those who support them.We should tell voters that they should vote for those who work for them.

I also brought to their attention that there is a new domestic political situation and that the international situation has also changed. We could not afford to overlook the new situation and that we were no longer in the comfort zones of the past.

There are  new problems now. We have to adjust to the new situation, meet the new requirements and solve the new problems. The challenge facing the MIC, the Indians and also the nation must be identified, discussed and debated such that we may produce and implement the best solutions.

We must do things that gives a better perception of our role as a political party. The electorate must see us as an entity that is willing to embrace its responsibility and deliver. Only then can we clear the misconceptions about us. We have to ponder and plan on what should be done to improve our status and create the right perception about us.

MIC must become a learning party; it must build its institutional capacity to function in a more productive way. It must meet the challenges with the right tools to succeed and become stronger in the process.