While the former MIC sec-gen said complaints regarding party poll irregularities would be heard by party's election steering committee, the new sec-gen says the CWC to review all complaints.
PETALING JAYA: The newly minted MIC sec-gen A Prakash Rao confirmed having received complaints on irregularities regarding the recent party polls held on Nov 30, in Malacca.
“All appeals with regards to the election results will be heard in the upcoming Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting which is a normal process and any undue statements are uncalled for,” said Prakash in a press statement issued today.
However the sec-gen did not specify or set a date for when they would be holding the CWC meeting.
Previously, after receiving complaints of party poll irregularities, the former MIC sec-gen A Sakthivel had stated that the complaints would be reviewed and heard by party’s election steering committee.
At the time of initial rumblings, the former sec-gen had confirmed that the party had received five official complaints on alleged irregularities in the polls and said the complaints would be passed on to the election steering committee for further investigations.
This was stated by Sakthivel before the announcement of new line-up by party president G Palanivel on Dec 16.
‘Setup independent body’
On Monday, a group of disgruntled former MIC leaders submitted a memorandum, demanding that fresh elections be conducted for the party’s CWC positions.
The delegation of 20 candidates who contested the polls, led by former MIC youth chief T Mohan, handed their memorandum of demands to MIC’s deputy president Dr S Subramaniam.
They urged the party leadership to set-up an independent body to investigate claims of irregularities, said to have occurred during party polls, last month.
Mohan stressed, “it would be the best way to investigate the electoral discrepancies in the party polls, by forming an independent body.”
MIC had held its internal elections to select three vice presidents positions and 23 CWC member positions.
A total of eight candidates contested in the vice president race while 88 aspirants fought for the 23 CWC seats.
The polls were marred by various alleged irregularities with some candidates going public with their grouses.
PETALING JAYA: The newly minted MIC sec-gen A Prakash Rao confirmed having received complaints on irregularities regarding the recent party polls held on Nov 30, in Malacca.“All appeals with regards to the election results will be heard in the upcoming Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting which is a normal process and any undue statements are uncalled for,” said Prakash in a press statement issued today.
However the sec-gen did not specify or set a date for when they would be holding the CWC meeting.
Previously, after receiving complaints of party poll irregularities, the former MIC sec-gen A Sakthivel had stated that the complaints would be reviewed and heard by party’s election steering committee.
At the time of initial rumblings, the former sec-gen had confirmed that the party had received five official complaints on alleged irregularities in the polls and said the complaints would be passed on to the election steering committee for further investigations.
This was stated by Sakthivel before the announcement of new line-up by party president G Palanivel on Dec 16.
‘Setup independent body’
On Monday, a group of disgruntled former MIC leaders submitted a memorandum, demanding that fresh elections be conducted for the party’s CWC positions.
The delegation of 20 candidates who contested the polls, led by former MIC youth chief T Mohan, handed their memorandum of demands to MIC’s deputy president Dr S Subramaniam.
They urged the party leadership to set-up an independent body to investigate claims of irregularities, said to have occurred during party polls, last month.
Mohan stressed, “it would be the best way to investigate the electoral discrepancies in the party polls, by forming an independent body.”
MIC had held its internal elections to select three vice presidents positions and 23 CWC member positions.
A total of eight candidates contested in the vice president race while 88 aspirants fought for the 23 CWC seats.
The polls were marred by various alleged irregularities with some candidates going public with their grouses.
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