Palanivel didn’t keep promise to meet ROS

Saravanan says MIC risks being deregistered if the re-election issue is not addressed.

PUTRAJAYA: MIC president G. Palanivel needs to be present at the Registrar of Societies (ROS) office with deputy president Dr S. Subramaniam to find a solution to a directive by the ROS to hold a re-election said MIC vice-president M. Saravanan.

“If the re-election issue is not addressed, there is a risk of the MIC being deregistered because it is not a personal issue but one that involves the party,” Saravanan told reporters after meeting senior ROS officers, here today.

Saravanan said he was disappointed with Palanivel for not keeping his promise to be present at the ROS office with his deputy.

“I urge the president to change. Go with your deputy. Forget the past, let’s start a new chapter,” he said.

On December 5, the ROS had nullified the elections for the party’s three vice-presidents and 23 Central Working Committee (CWC) posts that was held during its general assembly in November 2013 and recommended a re-election within 90 days.

Saravanan said he was informed that Palanivel was at the ROS with a lawyer known only as ‘Chandra’.

“I do not know who the lawyer Chandra is and how he got the mandate to be at the ROS with the MIC president. If he went there as his (Palanivel) friend, there is no problem. But if he went there as a lawyer it was wrong because there is no mandate for him to represent the party,” he said.

Saravanan, who is also the Deputy Youth and Sports Minister, said the MIC would not be deregistered in the near future because the former MIC secretary-general Prakash Rao had already written a letter to the ROS on January2, seeking an extension of the period from 90 days to 120.

– BERNAMA