It was a joke to read the comments from Selangor Police Chief Khalid Abu Bakar on the demonstration held by 'residents' of Section 23 Shah Alam.

He said: "If a report is lodged, we will definitely take the necessary action."

Now Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has endorsed the 'cow-head' protest in Shah Alam last week.

The police witnessed and 'allowed' the march and protest by the group. About 50 people staged the noisy protest with a severed cow's head.

They placed the head outside the gates of the state secretariat building for a short period before removing it.

But no attempt was made by the police to stop the protest and the racial incitement that followed.

On a personal note, Hishammuddin felt the protest "in this day and age should be accepted in this world, as the people want their voices to be heard".

Once again we witness a well-coordinated drama between the Barisan Nasional and the police forces, to spark unrest through racial incitement in an attempt to create chaos.

The shout by the protesters "... I guarantee bloodshed and racial tension will happen if this goes on, and the state will be held responsible" clearly spelt the political agenda behind the event.

The Selangor state was the target and the relocation of the Section 19 temple to Section 23 was the bullet.

It is crucial for the rakyat not to play into their plot. Instead, the tools of their political power, the police, must be pressured to do their job.

We challenge the police to take immediate action on this matter. If tensions do rise, it is the police whom should be held responsible and not the State.

The section 19 Hindu temple is a very old temple actually situated in a previous estate. As development took place in Section 19, many residential houses cropped up beside the temple.

The temple was not relocated then. The issue surfaced end last year, when the residents nearby began to state their protest of the temple being in a Muslim majority area.

But the question is also that the temple was there first before the residential homes. Muslims bought houses there knowing very well that there is a temple in front of their houses.

Several councillors and I visited the controversial temple site. We too, felt that the houses were too close to the temple, and the problem will persist.

Even though the temple was there first, but the issue will not rest if the temple is not relocated.

We left it to the temple committee to decide, and they chose this particular site in Section 23. The site is nearby the Shah Alam Industrial area.

But now the issue has exploded once again for the same reasons. Is the temple site really near the houses and surau?

Since when did such questions arise among Malaysians in respecting our fellow Malaysians religious rights?

The reasons are not about racial and religious tolerance but it is about a political agenda.

The BN wants Selangor back at all cost , even when there will be bloodshed. Unfortunately the police track record shows that they will please their political masters at all costs, national security comes next.

The saga clearly elaborates how the tools of political power, the police, the council, and the political grassroots all act a well-orchestrated play to crush the PR State.

The rakyat will have to respond to the uncivilised act via people's power. The rakyat has to understand the workings of the BN government and its machineries that execute their interest.

Down with racism! Hidup rakyat.

Sivarajan is a member of the Majlis Bandar Shah Alam and the PSM central committee.