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Saturday, July 13, 2013

Pressure mounts on Dr Subra to take on Palani

Grassroots leaders want the MIC deputy president to go for the top post at the upcoming party presidential election
KUALA LUMPUR: Pressure is on MIC deputy president Dr S Subramaniam to take on party president G Palanivel for the number one post at the presidential election slated for Sept 22.
The Health Minister has thus far declined to say if he would be going for the party’s top post and this has not gone down well with grassroots leaders not aligned to Palanivel.
The latest to come out in public to vent his frustration on how the party is being run and why it needs a leadership change, is former senator and Kuala Lumpur MIC liaison committee member Daljit Singh.
Declaring that he would contest the MIC presidency if no other leader goes for it, clearly shows the frustration and dissatisfaction of grassroots leaders with Palanivel’s leadership.
“Nobody has come out to say they are contesting. The president has said he wants another term, meaning until 2016. “Why another one term?
“What is he going to achieve in three years when he has done nothing since taking over as party president in 2010?” asked Daljit.
“If there is a capable leader who iswilling to take on Palanivel, then I will not go for it. Until then, I am going for the presidency,” Daljit told FMT.
Palanivel was appointed acting president in 2010 after the then party chief S Samy Vellu relinquished the post.
Samy Vellu is still powerful and commands respect and support of grassroots members, especially among the 3,900-odd branch chairman, who would vote to pick the party president.
Last week, the former party supremo hinted that he was not happy with how Palanivel was running the party and that he would back “someone” for the presidency when the time comes.
New blood
Party sources revealed that Samy Vellu has given his blessings for Dr Subramaniam to take on Palanivel at the polls, although the deputy president has yet to announce his intentions.
This piece of news has put added pressure on Dr Subramanian, who is a dermatologist by profession.
“This is a democratic party, anybody who thinks that they can deliver to the Indian community should be given a chance to contest. We also should not adopt a no-contest ruling for the presidency,” said Daljit.
“I personally think the party needs new blood, new individuals who know for a fact they can serve the Indian community better. Everyone goes around saying that they want to represent the Indian community, but that is not enough. You must be able to perform and bring positive results,” he added.
He cited the example of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) which had its blueprint to uplift the lot of Indians accepted by the Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and the government.
“It should have been MIC who should have submitted the blueprint. Hindraf is a relatively new organisation and they can come up with such a blueprint. What was the MIC leadership doing?
“We have the resources and experience. We should be the ones taking the lead in this matter. The party seems to have come to a standstill over the last three years and no leaders are bothered to do anything about it.
“We need leaders who are vibrant, who can work not only for the community but also for all Malaysians. MIC must change its top leader. Nothing will change if the leadership is not changed,” Daljit said.
Sothi joins the fray?
Daljit was of opinion that there is no dearth of leaders to run the party, but it “is just that they are not given a chance due to political patronage.”
“I have been a party member for about 25 years. I have not launched a personal attack on anyone, but I have my own vision and mission to bring about positive changes within the community.
“I may be a minority being a Sikh in MIC, but I’m looking at the bigger picture as an Indian. Somebody has to step up and do the dirty job.
“If MIC remains this way, it will lose its relevance and credibility. MIC is the only platform for the Indian community and we must put it to good use,” said Daljit.
On another note Makkal Osai, a Tamil daily, reported today that former Natural Environment and Resources deputy minister and ex-MIC vice president S Sothinathan will take on Palanivel in the presidential election.
The newspaper said a group of disgruntled MIC members were lobbying for Sothinathan to contest the top post after “failing” to convince Dr Subramaniam to got for the post.
Sothinathan was a rising star in the party until 2009. A year earlier he has lost the Teluk Kemang parliamentary seat at the 2008 general election. In 2009, he contested for the deputy president’s post but lost to Palanivel.
The vernacular daily in its frontpaged report said the group wanted a strong leader to go against Palanivel. However, the report did not have Sothinathan’s reaction to the story.
Meanwhile, Palanivel in a statement today, said he will be taking over as the MIC Kedah state liaison chairman effective Saturday.
The action was taken due to the complaints received from many MIC chairmen from Kedah who had conveyed messages to him on the many problems faced by the state MIC.

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