MIC veep: I've nothing to do with president's wife

 

Other MIC leaders may claim to get orders from the president’s wife but for MIC vice president M Saravanan, his orders only comes from the top.

"I am a senior member in the congress. Nobody orders me except the president,” he said when asked of allegations by ousted central working committee (CWC) member R Ramanan.

"She has nothing to do with me."

Ramanan recently claimed that MIC president G Palanivel’s wife G Kanagam is the “real president” and gives orders to MIC leaders but Palanivel refuted this.

Pressed on this, Saravanan said he would not know if Kanagam works closely with other MIC leaders because he does not have much interaction with Kanagam himself.

He said his relationship with Palanivel is purely professional and he does not visit the president’s home.

"I won't know whether she has done anything of that sort. Only those who work very closely with her would know. I am not one of them…

"I am the wrong person to answer, you know why? I work with the president, not his wife. I am not a friend who goes to the house.

"We only work with a very professional ethics. If you ask me anything about the president, I might know. The president's wife I won't know,” he said when met at the Parliament building today.

Ramanan was recently ousted from the CWC in a leadership reshuffle, but claims he was axed because Palanivel (above) did not like him pushing for party re-elections.

The Registrar of Societies had ordered MIC to hold re-elections for several divisions after finding irregularities.

Saravanan earlier said Palanivel has not been replying to his calls or messages on the matter, prompting him to go to ROS himself fearing party de-registration.

Palanivel after that issued a statement assuring that MIC will not be de-registered and that the matter will be resolved.

Asked on the progress on MIC’s ROS woes, Saravanan said Palanivel still has not gotten back to him.

"So we wait for the outcome from ROS."