A MIC division chief from Penang threatens to lodge a complaint to the Registrar of Societies over alleged irregularities at the divisional polls.
PETALING JAYA: Bukit Gelugor MIC division chief K Loganathan has threatened to report the party to the Registrar of Societies over alleged irregularities in conducting the division elections.
“We intend to do this under the advice of party president (G Palanivel). He told me through an SMS that we should go to the ROS if we are not satisfied with how the division elections process was conducted.
“We take this suggestion as an instruction of the MIC president. We will definitely lodge an official complaint to the ROS soon. There have been irregularities in the division elections and it has not been corrected,” he told FMT when contacted today.
Loganathan claimed that he had written to party secretary general A Sakthivel over discrepancies in the division election process but has yet to receive a response so far.
He said there was a sudden surge in the number of branches in the Bukit Gelugor division prior to the division polls.
He alleged that defunct branches were revived without the knowledge of the division.
Due to this, Loganathan decided to boycott the division election.
“Another reason is that the secretary general did not give proper notice calling for the division annual general meeting. This is a must.
“He only issued one notice on Oct 16, but this was too short a notice as the AGM was to be held the following day. The party constitution states that the notice for AGM and nomination should be issued to the division 14 days from the date of AGM or nominations,” added Loganathan.
He said it was clear that the headquarters was not adhering to regulations in calling for the division elections, and rushing to conduct the polls would only run foul of the MIC constitution.
He also alleged that nine branches in the division have not been served the notice for their respective branch AGMs while two other branches were denied “B” forms by the headquarters, which was a must before any such meeting.
Loganathan said the Bukit Gelugor division would oppose parallel appointment of division office bearers through any illegal electoral process.
“We sent numerous letters to Sakthivel over this matter but he never replied. However, party president advised us to take the dispute to ROS for a resolution after I texted him on the matter,” he added.
Loganathan also urged the party leadership not to conduct any election pending the outcome of ROS scrutiny of the division’s complaints.
CWC to discuss issues
Meanwhile, Tamil dailies today reported that Palanivel has given assurance that all problems and irregularities in the divisional polls would be discussed at the party’s central working committee meeting on Thursday.
He admitted that the headquarters had received a number of complaints on irregularities in divisional election, the Tamil Nesan reported.
“We would take all the complaints into account and discuss it in the CWC meeting,” he said.
He said the leadership will investigate the complaints and action will be taken against anyone who found guilty.
PETALING JAYA: Bukit Gelugor MIC division chief K Loganathan has threatened to report the party to the Registrar of Societies over alleged irregularities in conducting the division elections.“We intend to do this under the advice of party president (G Palanivel). He told me through an SMS that we should go to the ROS if we are not satisfied with how the division elections process was conducted.
“We take this suggestion as an instruction of the MIC president. We will definitely lodge an official complaint to the ROS soon. There have been irregularities in the division elections and it has not been corrected,” he told FMT when contacted today.
Loganathan claimed that he had written to party secretary general A Sakthivel over discrepancies in the division election process but has yet to receive a response so far.
He said there was a sudden surge in the number of branches in the Bukit Gelugor division prior to the division polls.
He alleged that defunct branches were revived without the knowledge of the division.
Due to this, Loganathan decided to boycott the division election.
“Another reason is that the secretary general did not give proper notice calling for the division annual general meeting. This is a must.
“He only issued one notice on Oct 16, but this was too short a notice as the AGM was to be held the following day. The party constitution states that the notice for AGM and nomination should be issued to the division 14 days from the date of AGM or nominations,” added Loganathan.
He said it was clear that the headquarters was not adhering to regulations in calling for the division elections, and rushing to conduct the polls would only run foul of the MIC constitution.
He also alleged that nine branches in the division have not been served the notice for their respective branch AGMs while two other branches were denied “B” forms by the headquarters, which was a must before any such meeting.
Loganathan said the Bukit Gelugor division would oppose parallel appointment of division office bearers through any illegal electoral process.
“We sent numerous letters to Sakthivel over this matter but he never replied. However, party president advised us to take the dispute to ROS for a resolution after I texted him on the matter,” he added.
Loganathan also urged the party leadership not to conduct any election pending the outcome of ROS scrutiny of the division’s complaints.
CWC to discuss issues
Meanwhile, Tamil dailies today reported that Palanivel has given assurance that all problems and irregularities in the divisional polls would be discussed at the party’s central working committee meeting on Thursday.
He admitted that the headquarters had received a number of complaints on irregularities in divisional election, the Tamil Nesan reported.
“We would take all the complaints into account and discuss it in the CWC meeting,” he said.
He said the leadership will investigate the complaints and action will be taken against anyone who found guilty.
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