It had been a mistake on the part of Persatuan Hindraf Malaysia (PHM) to support BN in the 13th general election, its chairperson P Waythamoorthy admitted.

However, he said, the group had been left with no choice after numerous talks with the now-defunct Pakatan Rakyat coalition failed to make headway, while BN appeared receptive to their demands.

“Yes, we have made a mistake. We did support BN in 2013, but it was very unfortunate that we were put in that situation where we had to sign a pact with the devil...