The call for a Gerakan Anti Palani is childish, says the Kota Raja division chief.
KLANG: The leader of a key MIC division today came out in support of party president G Palanivel to counter the threat of a revolt against the latter.
RS Maniam, chairman of MIC’s Kota Raja division in Selangor, accused Taman Mujur branch chief VT Rajen of trying to destroy the party with his call for a movement to unseat the party president.
Rajen has been issued with a show-cause letter from MIC’s disciplinary committee for calling on Palanivel to resign over reports that the party president was conspiring to nominate himself as candidate for the Cameron Highlands parliamentary seat in place of incumbent SK Devamany.
In making the call, he threatened to spearhead a Gerakan Anti Palanivel (GAP), reminiscent of the Gerakan Anti Samy Vellu that was launched a few months before the former party president gave up his post to Palanivel in late 2010.
In a statement to the press, Maniam said Rajen was only showing how “childish and politically immature” he was.
Maniam’s opinion would carry weight with some sections of MIC because Indian voters in Kota Raja account for 28% of the electorate there. No other parliamentary constituency in the country can boast a higher figure.
He said GAP would be an extremist movement and Rajen’s call for it showed that he was devoid of ideas and merely trying to gain popularity “for reasons best known to himself”.
“Comments like these are the least that MIC now needs. Instead the focus should be on serving the Indian community better by understanding their needs.
“He should be talking on such issues and not on ways to destroy the party.”
He said Palanivel should be allowed the privilege of choosing where he would contest in the next elections. “This should be a basic right of the president.”
Rajen’s threat came after reports that Palanivel, anxious to legitimise his political position with a parliamentary seat, was secretly planning with the Cameron Highlands Umno chief to enable himself to stand for election in the hill resort. Incumbent Devamany, a vice president in MIC, has not made any significant comment on the reports.
Rajen warned Palanivel not to go for any parliamentary seat currently held by MIC.
Disciplinary committee chairman KS Nijhar confirmed today that he had given Rajen two weeks to explain his outbursts. He said a similar show-cause letter had been issued to Gadong Kecil branch chairman M Karunanidhi, who has also called for Palanivel’s resignation over the same issue.
KLANG: The leader of a key MIC division today came out in support of party president G Palanivel to counter the threat of a revolt against the latter.RS Maniam, chairman of MIC’s Kota Raja division in Selangor, accused Taman Mujur branch chief VT Rajen of trying to destroy the party with his call for a movement to unseat the party president.
Rajen has been issued with a show-cause letter from MIC’s disciplinary committee for calling on Palanivel to resign over reports that the party president was conspiring to nominate himself as candidate for the Cameron Highlands parliamentary seat in place of incumbent SK Devamany.
In making the call, he threatened to spearhead a Gerakan Anti Palanivel (GAP), reminiscent of the Gerakan Anti Samy Vellu that was launched a few months before the former party president gave up his post to Palanivel in late 2010.
In a statement to the press, Maniam said Rajen was only showing how “childish and politically immature” he was.
Maniam’s opinion would carry weight with some sections of MIC because Indian voters in Kota Raja account for 28% of the electorate there. No other parliamentary constituency in the country can boast a higher figure.
He said GAP would be an extremist movement and Rajen’s call for it showed that he was devoid of ideas and merely trying to gain popularity “for reasons best known to himself”.
“Comments like these are the least that MIC now needs. Instead the focus should be on serving the Indian community better by understanding their needs.
“He should be talking on such issues and not on ways to destroy the party.”
He said Palanivel should be allowed the privilege of choosing where he would contest in the next elections. “This should be a basic right of the president.”
Rajen’s threat came after reports that Palanivel, anxious to legitimise his political position with a parliamentary seat, was secretly planning with the Cameron Highlands Umno chief to enable himself to stand for election in the hill resort. Incumbent Devamany, a vice president in MIC, has not made any significant comment on the reports.
Rajen warned Palanivel not to go for any parliamentary seat currently held by MIC.
Disciplinary committee chairman KS Nijhar confirmed today that he had given Rajen two weeks to explain his outbursts. He said a similar show-cause letter had been issued to Gadong Kecil branch chairman M Karunanidhi, who has also called for Palanivel’s resignation over the same issue.
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