MIC to focus on delivering Indian votes in Selangor, says Palanivel

SHAH ALAM, Oct 14 — The MIC will intensify efforts to deliver the 235,000 Indian votes in Selangor to  the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the coming 13th general election, said party president Datuk Seri G. Palanivel.

He said the party was confident of delivering the votes judging by the various initiatives taken by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to uplift the well-being of the Indian community.

“With various initiatives taken, we expect that Indian support towards BN will increase by more than 70 per cent in Selangor, especially in rural and suburban areas.

“This is important to wrest back Selangor from the opposition,” he told a press conference after attending the foundation stone laying ceremony at Rimba Jaya Sri Maha Mariamman Temple here today.

Palanivel (picture) said MIC will also increase its Indian vote-bank within the party by increasing it from the current 400,000 to more than 500,000 votes.

Meanwhile, Palanivel, who is also Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had approved a RM1 million allocation for the construction of the temple, which is expected to be completed in a year’s time. — Bernama