The Hulu Selangor MIC has rubbished an allegation that the party's candidate for Youth chief, V Mugilan had failed to convene the annual general meeting (AGM) for the Hulu Selangor youth division.   
Mugilan is the current MIC Youth deputy chief.   

Division chairman R Sithamparam said the AGM was held on Sept 29, this year, at a Chinese restaurant in Kerling, Hulu Selangor.   

He said even the party's central working committee member, G. Kumar Aamaan, had attended the meeting as an observer.   

"This allegation is aimed at tarnishing Mugilan's image. Everyone knows that Mugilan is a brave and vocal leader who brought changes and transformation to reform the party," he told Bernama at the MIC headquarters in KL today.   

At the AGM, Sithamparam was division secretary. He was recently elected division chairman.

Yesterday, Hulu Selangor youth deputy chief R Vikneswaramoorthy alleged that Mugilan was unfit to run for the post of Youth chief as "he had done nothing for the youth development and even failed to call for his youth division AGM".   

However, when contacted by Bernama, Mugilan said he had indeed, held divisional annual meetings, and had alerted all party members in the Hulu Selangor division, including Vikneswaramoorthy, via phone calls, letters and short message service, to inform them of the meeting.   

"But, he (Vickneswaramoorthy) did not reply to any of those. I strongly believe someone had paid him to tarnish my image, as the election for Youth chief is around the corner," he claimed.   

Mugilan will face the wing's current secretary, C Sivaraajh, for the Youth chief's post in the Nov 16 polls.     -

- Bernama