He claims that already at least 1,500 of the 3,700 MIC branches are behind him.
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KUALA LUMPUR: MIC vice-president M Saravanan has hinted that he might challenge G Palanivel for the party presidency.
“I haven’t really thought too much about it so far,” he said today on the sidelines of the Thaipusam celebrations at Batu Caves.
“I will be speaking to my supporters on whether to go for the vice-presidency or the presidency. If my supporters say go for the presidency, I will seriously consider their advice.”
He claims that at least 1,500 of the 3,700 MIC branches are behind him but he thinks that he can draw support from another 500 branches. That appears to be lower than the support enjoyed by former party president S Samy Vellu, to whom he has been reportedly aligned.
Saravanan’s statement comes in the wake of comments by Samy Vellu that MIC will be buried for good if Palanivel doesn’t do something to save it.
“MIC’s support level from the Indian community is dropping and if nothing is done, the party will lose its influence,” said Samy at Batu Caves. “Palanivel, as the number one, must find a way out of the internal crisis the party is facing.”
Palanivel plans to hold fresh party elections by June, a move that has won the approval of Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and the Registrar of Societies (ROS).
Earlier, ROS had directed that re-elections be held for three vice presidencies and 23 Central Working Committee (CWC) positions on the grounds that the November 30 results were tainted by irregularities.
KUALA LUMPUR: MIC vice-president M Saravanan has hinted that he might challenge G Palanivel for the party presidency.
“I haven’t really thought too much about it so far,” he said today on the sidelines of the Thaipusam celebrations at Batu Caves.
“I will be speaking to my supporters on whether to go for the vice-presidency or the presidency. If my supporters say go for the presidency, I will seriously consider their advice.”
He claims that at least 1,500 of the 3,700 MIC branches are behind him but he thinks that he can draw support from another 500 branches. That appears to be lower than the support enjoyed by former party president S Samy Vellu, to whom he has been reportedly aligned.
Saravanan’s statement comes in the wake of comments by Samy Vellu that MIC will be buried for good if Palanivel doesn’t do something to save it.
“MIC’s support level from the Indian community is dropping and if nothing is done, the party will lose its influence,” said Samy at Batu Caves. “Palanivel, as the number one, must find a way out of the internal crisis the party is facing.”
Palanivel plans to hold fresh party elections by June, a move that has won the approval of Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and the Registrar of Societies (ROS).
Earlier, ROS had directed that re-elections be held for three vice presidencies and 23 Central Working Committee (CWC) positions on the grounds that the November 30 results were tainted by irregularities.
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