KOTA BARU: Kedah MIC Youth today threw its full support behind MIC secretary-general, S Murugesan, who yesterday became the highest-ranking party official to censure president S Samy Vellu.
L Thiagarajan said Murugesan was right in disputing Samy Vellu’s decision to use his presidential powers to sack four party leaders who had called for his resignation.
"The president should only wield his powers as a last resort and not as and when he feels like it.
‘If this is not checked now, then it will eventually mean that most of our members will be sacked,” he said.
Samy Vellu had sacked deputy Youth chief V Mugilan, central working committee members (CWC) KP Samy, G Kumar Amaan and Petaling Jaya division leader V Subramaniam, better known as Barat Maniam, for calling for his resignation.
Mugilan subsequently set up Gerak Anti-Samy (GAS), which will be holding its inaugural gathering at the Mines Convention Centre tomorrow
Mugilan is expecting 15,000 disgruntled members to turn up.
Said Thiagarajan: "Samy Vellu used to be an asset to the party and was deeply respected.
“Now he has become a liability. He is being hammered by everyone.
‘It’s very disappointing. He should understand the situation and withdraw.”
He said MIC national Youth chief, T Mohan, had made various moves to invite Indian youths to join the party after its disastrous outing in the 2008 general election.
But Samy Vellu’s act of arbitrarily sacking the four leaders had now made it difficult for the Youth movement, especially in Kedah, to support his action.
‘Now we have to explain why he (Samy Vellu) did it… it is going to be tougher to convince young people now,” he said.
Thiagarajan is prepared for the repercussion for supporting Murugesan.
"I’m prepared to accept any disciplinary action against me. But my stand will be the same.
“To me, party and community are more important than the party president.”
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