Becoming the third Barisan Nasional component party president to make the threat, he said the decision was made by the party’s supreme council during the party’s Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) today.

“It is the desire of the community that the MIC stands firm in this matter.

“As a leader I have to express the wishes of the Indian community,” he told a press conference here today.

Over the past two days, MCA President Liow Tiong Lai and Gerakan President Mah Siew Kong have also stated they will quit their Cabinet posts in the event that the Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) (Amendment) Bill 2016 is passed in Parliament.

Subramaniam said he will also seek an explanation from Prime Minister Najib Razak on the matter, even though PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang had said the bill is to strengthen the Syariah Courts.

“We need an explanation from the Prime Minister what is meant by that.

“Because the amendment will pave the way for the implementation of hudud in Kelantan and possibly have it followed in other states. That’s what concerns us,” he said.

Subramaniam was asked why his party opposed hudud as it only involved Muslims.

He said the country was founded on the Federal Constitution with a legal system which was accepted by all communities in the country.

Subramaniam was also asked whether deputy ministers – M. Saravanan (Youth and Sports) and P Kamalanathan (Education) – will follow in his footsteps and resign from their Cabinet posts.

“It is up to them. You have to ask them. I cannot make a decision for them,” he said .

Saravanan was coy when asked later if he will follow Subramaniam and resign if the Hudud bill is passed in the Dewan Rakyat.

“I do not want to make any hasty decision. Let the president say what he wants,” Saravanan said.