MIC has told the Indian Progressive Front (IPF)
and other Indian based parties affiliated to BN, to come in under MIC if
they want to consolidate as one party under the BN banner.
MIC youth chief C Sivaraajh said this today after Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak at the IPF general assembly yesterday, urged all Indian parties in the ruling coalition to consolidate, as there are too many parties attempting to represent Malaysia's 7.5 percent Indian population.
"But the biggest and oldest party is the MIC and all other parties should merge into the MIC to strengthen it and consolidate the Indian community," Sivaraajh said in a statement today, while agreeing with Najib's call.
He pointed out that other four parties attempting to represent the Indian community within the BN fold all started as "MIC splinters".
"The MIC is mother of all Indian parties," he said.
However, Sivaraajh (right) also demanded that IPF first consolidate their leadership crisis before talking about merging with MIC.
IPF is separated into three factions currently, with no wholly recognised leader.
"How can a one-third president unite 80 percent of the Indian community? Ridiculous," he said, aiming his criticism at IPF faction president P Sambanthan.
"Please wake up to your puny status as a one-third president," he said.
CWC to discuss re-elections
Meanwhile, MIC also announced today that it will hold an emergency Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting over the Registrar of Societies (ROS) order for it to conduct re-elections.
Party secretary-general A Prakash Rao, according to a Bernama report, said the meeting would start at 2pm this Thursday with top MIC officials, the election committee and lawyers.
MIC has said that it intends to appeal the ROS directive within 10 days as there "uncertainties in the directive".
The ROS order to re-elect all of MIC's posts except for the post of president and deputy president has further put party president G Palanivel's position in question. He has already been criticised for his poor leadership of the party.
MIC youth chief C Sivaraajh said this today after Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak at the IPF general assembly yesterday, urged all Indian parties in the ruling coalition to consolidate, as there are too many parties attempting to represent Malaysia's 7.5 percent Indian population.
"But the biggest and oldest party is the MIC and all other parties should merge into the MIC to strengthen it and consolidate the Indian community," Sivaraajh said in a statement today, while agreeing with Najib's call.
He pointed out that other four parties attempting to represent the Indian community within the BN fold all started as "MIC splinters".
"The MIC is mother of all Indian parties," he said.However, Sivaraajh (right) also demanded that IPF first consolidate their leadership crisis before talking about merging with MIC.
IPF is separated into three factions currently, with no wholly recognised leader.
"How can a one-third president unite 80 percent of the Indian community? Ridiculous," he said, aiming his criticism at IPF faction president P Sambanthan.
"Please wake up to your puny status as a one-third president," he said.
CWC to discuss re-elections
Meanwhile, MIC also announced today that it will hold an emergency Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting over the Registrar of Societies (ROS) order for it to conduct re-elections.
Party secretary-general A Prakash Rao, according to a Bernama report, said the meeting would start at 2pm this Thursday with top MIC officials, the election committee and lawyers.
MIC has said that it intends to appeal the ROS directive within 10 days as there "uncertainties in the directive".
The ROS order to re-elect all of MIC's posts except for the post of president and deputy president has further put party president G Palanivel's position in question. He has already been criticised for his poor leadership of the party.
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