MIC denies leaving BN, not baited to join other bloc - president

 

MIC today refuted allegations that the party was being lured to leave BN for another political bloc.

Party president SA Vigneswaran (above) said the party is firm in its stand to be with BN and at the same time hoped the coalition will be able to work with Perikatan Nasional (PN) led by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin in the coming 15th general election (GE15).

“I want to openly say that there are no attempts to entice us to join any alliances or parties.

"We want to stay with BN and hopefully, BN will cooperate with PN in GE15 despite contesting under different tickets,” he told a media conference after chairing an MIC central working committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

Taking the example of ties between Umno and PAS, Vigneswaran believed BN and PN can be together.

"PAS is now in the government with PN. Unmno is willing to cooperate with PAS and maybe BN can also work with PN,” he said.

Meanwhile, he said MIC's 2019-2020 annual general meeting (AGM) will be held on April 3 in Klang, Selangor.

He said the AGM would be conducted in a hybrid approach combining physical and virtual presence with tight compliance to the standard operating procedure to contain the spread of Covid-19.

He added that 400 delegates would be participating physically and the remaining 400 delegates would follow the AGM online.

Apart from that, Vigneswaran said the election of the party president is expected to be held in June after the branch elections which would be held from April 5 to May 5.

He said the election of the other top party posts would be held later depending on the situation in the country.

- Bernama