Kayveas' action does not affect BN - Subra
The MIC president also reiterates that his party commands better Indian support than ever before.
The sacking of MyPPP president M Kayveas will not affect BN ahead of the 14th general election (GE14), especially in MyPPP focus seats, said MIC president Dr S Subramaniam.
He said that there could be internal party problems that caused MyPPP members to be unhappy with his actions.
"The effect is on some of the supporters themselves and MIC, as a BN component party, we may be able to serve in those Indian communities which are the focus of MyPPP," he told a media conference at the Ipoh Barat MIC Division office today.
In a posting on Twitter, the former Taiping MP announced his resignation as MyPPP president, Federal Territory MyPPP chairman and an advisor to the Perak state government.
However, in a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today, the MyPPP supreme council stepped forward to say that Kayveas was actually sacked as president following his actions in allegedly taking unilateral decisions regarding seat allocation matters.
So far, only MyPPP vice-president Loga Balan Mohan has been picked by BN to contest in the Segambut parliamentary seat.
In GE13, MyPPP contested in the parliamentary seat of Kepong (in Kuala Lumpur) and four state seats, namely, Kota Laksamana (Malacca), Kota Alam Shah (Selangor), Pasir Bedamar (Perak) and Manik Urai (Kelantan) but lost in all.
Meanwhile, Subramaniam said MIC had the utmost confidence on improving its achievements in GE14 on May 9.
"The MIC has more community support than ever before, and this support has spurred the spirit of all the candidates who will be contesting," he said.
In GE14, MIC will be contesting in nine parliamentary seats and 18 state seats.
Asked if the Indian community's vote in Hutan Melintang would be affected as the seat would be contested by Umno candidate Khairuddin Tarmizi, Subramaniam said the candidate should have an inclusive agenda for the Indian community there.
"This is to win the hearts of the people there, and my stand is that we are not giving the Hutan Melintang seat to Umno, we will definitely ask for it back in the next election," he said.
--Bernama
Subra, both MyPPP and MIC are irrelevant, period.
From the very beginning Kayveas as had hope of standing in Cameron Highlands. Knowingly the seat was MIC's he was adamant & stubborn. Now he had dug his own "grave".Subramanian you are full of hope that MIC had got a lot of support from the Indians. No way Subramanian. Actually your hope had been "dashed" as the spirits of the Indian had been eroded. The Indian community is definitely against MIC & don't say "good words" to please Najib. I hope in this GE, MIC would lose "many more seats",& that's the reality.
If Kayveas's faction can spoil 100-500 of BN votes, the MIC will only be in the history books after GE14. That's the situation. Every vote count.