Former minister Zaid Ibrahim has urged Pakatan Harapan to rope in Persatuan Hindraf Malaysia (PHM) and its leader P Waytha Moorthy as allies to attract Indian votes.

In a blog posting yesterday, Zaid the opposition has had "popularity" issues with Indian voters since 2008, and he has seen, first hand, the impact the movement has had on the Indian community.

"Unlike BN, Pakatan Harapan does not include an ethnic Indian party. There are Indian members in PKR and DAP, of course, but those parties are not ethnic-Indian based.

"There are still large groups of poor Indians in the estates and urban ghettos, who are as communal as other races in the country, and who feel comfortable only with an organisation of their own kind," Zaid said...