MIC convention defers BN decision to Vignes, CWC

MIC convention defers BN decision to Vignes, CWC

Earlier, MIC No 2 M Saravanan tabled three resolutions at the party’s 79th convention, including leaving BN and formally applying to join PN.

MIC Presiden MIC S.A Vigneswaran
MIC president SA Vigneswaran (right) with his deputy, M Saravanan, at the party’s convention today.
SHAH ALAM:
MIC’s annual convention has decided to defer its decision on whether to remain in Barisan Nasional to party president SA Vigneswaran and its central working committee, or CWC.

It is understood that a decision will not be made today.

Earlier, MIC deputy president M Saravanan tabled three resolutions at the party’s 79th convention, including leaving BN and formally applying to join opposition coalition Perikatan Nasional.

While delegates debated on the resolutions, no vote was taken as the convention agreed to leave the decision to Vigneswaran and MIC’s top leadership.

There has been speculation on MIC’s future direction for months now, with the party ruing its apparent mistreatment by BN’s main party, Umno.

BN chairman and Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had said that the coalition would not prevent MIC or any other component from leaving.

Earlier today, Vigneswaran told the party’s annual convention here that MIC had reached a crossroads in its journey with BN and that it was up to the delegates to determine its direction and future.

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