Responsibility of looking after the wellbeing of the Indian community is not mine alone to carry - Sivakumar
06 Dec 2022 03:12pm
Human Resources Minister V. Sivakumar clocking in on his first day at the ministry.
Sivakumar said the perception that the welfare of the Indian community would be sidelined because he is the only minister representing the community in the Cabinet should not arise.
”This is because, there are many representatives from the community in Parliament who can together help the government formulate well balanced policies without marginalising any race.
"The responsibility of solving the problems faced by the Indian community does not rest on my shoulders alone, but on the entire cabinet. We (the Cabinet) will ensure that the formulation of any policy is for all the people regardless of race,” he told reporters after clocking in to start work at his office at the Human Resources Ministry here today.
He was greeted on arrival by the ministry’s acting secretary-general Datuk Muhd Khair Razman Mohamed Annuar and other senior officers.
The Batu Gajah Member of Parliament is the only elected representative from the Indian community in the Unity Government Cabinet under the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
On his plans and vision for the ministry, Sivakumar said his main focus is to resolve issues on human resources and unemployment, adding that he would spend the first one or two weeks meeting and discussing with all agencies under the purview of his ministry,
Last Saturday, Sivakumar, along with two Deputy Prime Ministers and 24 other ministers took the oath of office in front of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah at Istana Negara.
In the recent GE15, Sivakumar, 51, retained the Batu Gajah parliamentary seat for the third term with a majority of 53,836 votes, defeating Perikatan Nasional representatives Woo Cheong Yuen and Teoh Chin Chong from Barisan Nasional.
- BERNAMA
