BN might have won 2018 without Najib, says Saravanan

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TAPAH: Barisan Nasional might have remained in power in 2018 if Najib Razak had sat out the elections, according to MIC deputy president M Saravanan.

He said Najib’s image problem was a contributing factor to the shift in support among Indian voters away from BN.

“If only he’d declared that he wasn’t contesting, maybe, I think BN would have retained power. But Najib’s position, 1MDB,  the goods and services tax and many other issues were played up by the opposition, so the Indians shifted,” Saravanan told FMT.

He said it was made worse by Pakatan Harapan making many “empty promises” such as resolving the issue of red ICs among Malaysian Indians, which they failed to do during the coalition’s 22-month tenure in government.

“And now they’re saying that the previous 22 months was not sufficient, it’s not Dr Mahathir Mohamad or anyone else saying that,” Saravanan said.

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