Unity government spokesman Fahmi Fadzil said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and national unity minister Aaron Ago Dagang agreed to put Mitra back under the PMD.
PUTRAJAYA: The Cabinet has decided to place the Malaysian Indian Transformation Unit (Mitra) back under the Prime Minister’s Department (PMD).
Unity government spokesman Fahmi Fadzil said this was jointly decided by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and national unity minister Aaron Ago Dagang.
The unit was placed under the national unity ministry in December.
Previously known as the Socioeconomic Development of the Indian Community Unit or Sedic, it was under the PMD before being rebranded as Mitra in 2018 and placed under the national unity ministry.
In September 2022, the Ismail Sabri Yaakob administration returned Mitra to the PMD’s purview.
However, in December last year, Anwar announced that Mitra would be placed back under the national unity ministry although he said he would continue to monitor the special unit.
The national unity ministry received backlash after taking over management of Mitra, with three Indian groups calling for Aaron to step down after the minister reportedly said he “did not know the purpose of Mitra”.
Aaron also denied that Mitra’s funding was controlled by Pemandu, the performance management and delivery unit in the PMD. He said Pemandu was simply tasked with conducting workshops and labs to facilitate strategic planning for Mitra and its blueprint.
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