MIC's grand plan to include online membership
Published: Feb 3, 2009 2:50 AM | Updated: Feb 3, 2009 5:42 AM
MIC president S Samy Vellu said Indian Malaysians can soon become members of the party through online registration, a move he expect would bolster the party's strength and unite Indians under one political party in the Barisan Nasional.
MIC president S Samy Vellu said Indian Malaysians can soon become members of the party through online registration, a move he expect would bolster the party's strength and unite Indians under one political party in the Barisan Nasional.
The MIC is the latest among several BN component parties which have started online membership registration. Umno launched its online membership portal last week.
Samy Vellu said he was confident that the move which was in line with the party's 'Unity Plan for the Indian Malaysians', could increase MIC membership to at least 50,000 people initially.
MIC currently has about 630,000 members with almost 5,000 branches.
Last Saturday, Samy Vellu had announced that MIC wanted to unite all Indians and was willing to open its doors to former Indian Progressive Party (IPF) members as well as extending an invitation to IPF to merge with the party.
Last Thursday, he announced that the party would readmit former MIC members in stages starting with the readmission of KP Samy, a former branch chairperson and staunch critic of the MIC president.
He also reportedly said that defunct MIC branches would be reopened with new chairmen.
Targetting professionals
"Once the MIC portal is launched soon, we will embark on a massive online membership registration," he said in a statement.
Samy Vellu said the MIC was targetting professionals and those who failed to become members through existing branches for various reasons.
"The MIC headquarters will admit them as members directly into the party without having to go through the branches which some feel is cumbersome," he said.
He said the first phase of the MIC portal would include an eBlog, eForum, eComplaint, polls, latest news and announcements as well as information on all MIC subsidiaries, the MIED and the Social Strategic Foundation.
"The second phase will include Tele-Centre, a project that allows Indians to get jobs and work professionally from their home and also an Online Extensive Survey form accessible by every branch officer which allows them to get in-depth information about the Indians staying under their jurisdiction," he added.
The MIC is the latest among several BN component parties which have started online membership registration. Umno launched its online membership portal last week.Samy Vellu said he was confident that the move which was in line with the party's 'Unity Plan for the Indian Malaysians', could increase MIC membership to at least 50,000 people initially.
MIC currently has about 630,000 members with almost 5,000 branches.
Last Saturday, Samy Vellu had announced that MIC wanted to unite all Indians and was willing to open its doors to former Indian Progressive Party (IPF) members as well as extending an invitation to IPF to merge with the party.
Last Thursday, he announced that the party would readmit former MIC members in stages starting with the readmission of KP Samy, a former branch chairperson and staunch critic of the MIC president.
He also reportedly said that defunct MIC branches would be reopened with new chairmen.
Targetting professionals
"Once the MIC portal is launched soon, we will embark on a massive online membership registration," he said in a statement.
Samy Vellu said the MIC was targetting professionals and those who failed to become members through existing branches for various reasons.
"The MIC headquarters will admit them as members directly into the party without having to go through the branches which some feel is cumbersome," he said.
He said the first phase of the MIC portal would include an eBlog, eForum, eComplaint, polls, latest news and announcements as well as information on all MIC subsidiaries, the MIED and the Social Strategic Foundation.
"The second phase will include Tele-Centre, a project that allows Indians to get jobs and work professionally from their home and also an Online Extensive Survey form accessible by every branch officer which allows them to get in-depth information about the Indians staying under their jurisdiction," he added.
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