Newly appointed MIC secretary-general G.
Kumar Aaman will hold a hunger strike at the Registrar of Societies
(ROS) headquarters, 2pm tomorrow at Putrajaya, in order to ‘save’ the
party.
The MIC is in midst of turmoil over its office bearers. It has been ordered to hold a re-election by the ROS, which has refused to recognise officials newly appointed by its president, G Palanivel, including Kumar.
The Tamil media reported yesterday that ROS had rejected Kumar’s request to meet with the registrar.
"ROS is not in the position to recognise any new appointment until the current dispute regarding the positions of the central working committee (CWC) members is resolved," ROS had said in the letter.
In a text message to Malaysiakini today, he said that the hunger strike will go on until “they (ROS) change the investigation team, the director-general and when all relevant officers are transferred out”.
However Kumar’s position as secretary-general has been challenged by many party members.
He added that there is a need to also save the RM300 million government fund given to the private university AIMST, brainchild of Samy, as he said it “belongs to the Indian community”.
Kumar had also lashed out at ROS for their investigation into MIC election practices, yet was raided by the MACC on suspicion that a ROS officer was "on the take" in the MIC crisis. But the probe was bogged down by the failure of the ROS CCTV system.
"They can't take care of their CCTV system... then how can they talk about how we conduct our elections?" he had told Malaysiakini recently.
The MIC is in midst of turmoil over its office bearers. It has been ordered to hold a re-election by the ROS, which has refused to recognise officials newly appointed by its president, G Palanivel, including Kumar.
The Tamil media reported yesterday that ROS had rejected Kumar’s request to meet with the registrar.
"ROS is not in the position to recognise any new appointment until the current dispute regarding the positions of the central working committee (CWC) members is resolved," ROS had said in the letter.
In a text message to Malaysiakini today, he said that the hunger strike will go on until “they (ROS) change the investigation team, the director-general and when all relevant officers are transferred out”.
However Kumar’s position as secretary-general has been challenged by many party members.
He added that there is a need to also save the RM300 million government fund given to the private university AIMST, brainchild of Samy, as he said it “belongs to the Indian community”.
Kumar had also lashed out at ROS for their investigation into MIC election practices, yet was raided by the MACC on suspicion that a ROS officer was "on the take" in the MIC crisis. But the probe was bogged down by the failure of the ROS CCTV system.
"They can't take care of their CCTV system... then how can they talk about how we conduct our elections?" he had told Malaysiakini recently.
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