MIC with problems at Ijok

Kuala Selangor Chief Quits MIC
KUALA SELANGOR, April 16 (Bernama) -- Kuala Selangor MIC Division chief S.P. Thirumoorthy said Monday he was leaving the party because he was not picked as the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate to contest the Ijok state by-election later this month.
He made the announcement after Selangor Menteri Besar and BN chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Khir Toyo announced K. Parthiban, 38, the Tanjung Karang MIC secretary, as the BN candidate for the by-election, nomination for which is on April 19 and polling on April 28.
Thirumoorthy, 55, a secondary school teacher, claimed that MIC President Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu had not taken into consideration his long years of service with the party.
He also denied that he had backstabbed the party by supporting an independent candidate against the BN's Datuk K. Sivalingam in the 2004 general election in the constituency.
Sivalingam, who won the seat then, died of a heart attack in Chennai on April 4, necessitating the by-election.
On his future in politics, Thirumoorthy said he would take a break and then discuss it with his supporters.
Thirumoorthy, who had been the division chief since 1994, had on Sunday threatened to resign from the post if he was not selected to contest the seat on a BN ticket.
He has also claimed that the chairmen of 18 of the 36 MIC branches in the constituency would also resign.

tunku : to me this is blessing in disguise.it's good that this thirumoorthy out from mic as this type of person should not be into politics as they only think about themselves not the party at whole.he is blackmailing, pick me or i'll leave the party, well samy did the right thing, showing him way to get out. anyway if it is true that he has 2000 mic members with him out from the party then it will be tough fight for mic at Ijok, it will be three cornered fight.If keadilan field in a malay candidate than Ijok will be D Fight as the voters will be divided, BN will have to bank on Chinese votes to make sure it wins the by-election.May be this incident happens to pressure Khir Toyo as he has a very big enemy withing the party.