I refer to the Malaysiakini report Hindraf will not help PKR's Manikumar.

The Hindraf movement has indeed over-reached its influence. First of all, the Hindraf claim that it is the catalyst that spurred the March 8 political tsunami is perhaps an exaggeration of the influence of the movement.

There is no doubt that Hindraf is responsible for the mass of the Indians vote swing to the Pakatan Rakyat coalition.

But to claim that the March 8 election results was entirely because of the Hindraf movement is to completely ignore another more important historical event: the Bersih rally.

The Bersih rally was one loud multi-racial voice telling the ruling party that the people are now demanding accountability. Which is far more reaching and influential than Hindraf, which only struggles for the Indians.

Both in terms of scale and influence, Hindraf cannot match the impact of the Bersih Rally on Nov 10, 2007. In fact, it is the Bersih rally that may have emboldened many Indians to come out in large numbers for the Hindraf movement rally on Nov 25 that year.

Therefore, it is much more correct to say that the Bersih rally was the true catalyst for change rather than the ethnocentric Hindraf movement. Claiming otherwise would only indicate that the Hindraf movement has let success get to its head.

The more worrying trend of the Hindraf movement is that it seems to have lost its focus. Instead of focusing on replacing the ruling BN coalition that is responsible for the many of the plights of the Indians, they have now started to squabble for power and position.

This is evident in the antics of the many spokespersons for the Hindraf movement over the choice of the PKR candidate for the upcoming Bukit Selambau by-election.

The tune of voice sounded very much like those that would have been uttered by Umno. Basically, what they are saying is that Bukit Selambau is an Indian constituency and since Hindraf is the only voice of the Indians, therefore the candidate must be an Indian and he/she can only be from the Hindraf movement.

Anyone else will not do. Some have even gone further to hurl unsubstantiated allegations that the current PKR candidate for Bukit Selambau is a crony of Pakatan Rakyat de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim.

Is it not the norm that in the squabbling for candidacy within BN, the component parties would always use the reason that this is a Malay (or Chinese or Indian) constituency, hence a person from that race should be fielded by Umno (or MCA, or MIC)?

Unknowingly, the current spokespersons of Hindraf have turned themselves into the very clones of that which they are fighting and struggling against.

These people are now even threatening to do the exact same thing that Umno would do: sabotage the election because their local chief was not selected to be the candidate.

Hindraf can ill afford to continue its single-race agenda if its want to move forward.

Because this so-called supporters and members, Hindraf is now increasingly acting and sounding like Umno. An Umno is undoubtedly a single-race party.