The rift in MIC worsened with newly-minted
secretary-general G Kumar Aamaan sending a letter to the Youth wing
demanding it not release any more negative media statements against the
party.
In the letter which was addressed to its chief C Sivarraajh (right),
Kumar said "we would like to inform you not to issue any detrimental
media statements against the party or the president with immediate
effect."
However the Youth wing refuted his direction and submitted another letter to the party headquarters today, deeming Kumar’s recent election as secretary-general, void.
"There is a directive from Registrar of Societies (ROS) to hold re-elections and that the 23 Central Working Committee (CWC) positions are invalid and the secretary-general has to be appointed amongst the members of the CWC.
"This is why whatever said by Kumar and even his position is invalid," the wing's secretary K Arvind Krishnan told Malaysiakini.
Arvind said the gag order was placed after a number of stories by the wing were reported mostly in Tamil newspapers, slamming the president and the party.
He added that it was a wrong move by Kumar to give such orders to the youth wing, when all it was trying to do was to save the party from being deregistered.
"We are trying our level best to save this party. Whatever that we have said and done including the media statements is for the betterment of the party," Arvind said.
The decision made by the president to reshuffle the CWC members especially when the party is currently facing deregistration, is a move that has been derided, Arvind added.
"This
is not the time for the president to reshuffle especially when the
party is going through a difficult period. We should sort out our
internal differences, once our matter with ROS is solved," he said.
Last Saturday, MIC president G Palanivel (left) announced the reshuffle of a few positions in CWC including the secretary-general and party strategic director.
The ROS had, on Dec 5, ordered MIC to re-elect its CWC and vice-president posts within 90 days of the letter being issued.
This comes after the party was flagged for alleged discrepancies and irregularities in the last party elections in 2013 especially involving the vice-president positions.
It was reported that president G Palanivel had sent a letter to ROS on Jan 2 requesting for a time extension to conduct the re-elections.
A former CWC member, R Ramanan, claimed that ROS will no longer entertain letters from MIC regarding irregularities in the 2013 party polls.
In the letter which was addressed to its chief C Sivarraajh (right),
Kumar said "we would like to inform you not to issue any detrimental
media statements against the party or the president with immediate
effect."However the Youth wing refuted his direction and submitted another letter to the party headquarters today, deeming Kumar’s recent election as secretary-general, void.
"There is a directive from Registrar of Societies (ROS) to hold re-elections and that the 23 Central Working Committee (CWC) positions are invalid and the secretary-general has to be appointed amongst the members of the CWC.
"This is why whatever said by Kumar and even his position is invalid," the wing's secretary K Arvind Krishnan told Malaysiakini.
Arvind said the gag order was placed after a number of stories by the wing were reported mostly in Tamil newspapers, slamming the president and the party.
He added that it was a wrong move by Kumar to give such orders to the youth wing, when all it was trying to do was to save the party from being deregistered.
"We are trying our level best to save this party. Whatever that we have said and done including the media statements is for the betterment of the party," Arvind said.
The decision made by the president to reshuffle the CWC members especially when the party is currently facing deregistration, is a move that has been derided, Arvind added.
"This
is not the time for the president to reshuffle especially when the
party is going through a difficult period. We should sort out our
internal differences, once our matter with ROS is solved," he said.Last Saturday, MIC president G Palanivel (left) announced the reshuffle of a few positions in CWC including the secretary-general and party strategic director.
The ROS had, on Dec 5, ordered MIC to re-elect its CWC and vice-president posts within 90 days of the letter being issued.
This comes after the party was flagged for alleged discrepancies and irregularities in the last party elections in 2013 especially involving the vice-president positions.
It was reported that president G Palanivel had sent a letter to ROS on Jan 2 requesting for a time extension to conduct the re-elections.
A former CWC member, R Ramanan, claimed that ROS will no longer entertain letters from MIC regarding irregularities in the 2013 party polls.
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