The leader of a business group has urged all quarters to stop bickering about the sole Indian representation in Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s cabinet, noting that the Indian Malaysian community is still in the doldrums despite the presence of more ministers in the past.

According to Nivas Ragavan (above), the Indians, who make up just 6.2 percent of the census population of 33.5 million, are ranked the worst in the poverty bracket.

“The statistics speak for themselves,” the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Indian...