By Adib Zalkapli - The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 — The Selangor MIC today demanded the Barisan Nasional (BN) leadership respect the party’s choice to field Datuk G. Palanivel in the Hulu Selangor by-election.At a joint press conference attended by state MIC division chiefs, the leaders also slammed Umno for allegedly undermining the party’s choice.
“Since Barisan leadership had confirmed that the seat would be contested by MIC, the MIC president should be given the prerogative to nominate the candidate or candidates for the seat,” said Puchong MIC chief A. Saktivel who spoke on behalf of the leaders present.
“We are also unhappy that Umno is trying to dictate terms in deciding the candidate when it is the prerogative of the MIC and its president,” said Saktivel who is also an MIC supreme council member.
MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has backed his deputy Palanivel to represent BN in the April 25 by-election.
BN chairman Datuk Seri Najib Razak had said that he would have the final say on the candidate selection.
Local Umno warlords are said to prefer Hulu Selangor MIC Youth chief V. Mugilan.
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