MIC polls: Samy Vellu unhappy over Dr M move

KUALA LUMPUR: MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has levelled another accusation at his former deputy Datuk S. Subramaniam, saying the challenger for the MIC deputy presidency had disgraced the party by seeking the endorsement of former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
He said Subramaniam’s move to seek the help of Dr Mahathir was a “desperate act”, claiming that this had incurred the wrath of many branch and division leaders.
“How cheap and desperate can a man be?” he asked, referring to a report in the Tamil daily Makkal Osai which quoted Dr Mahathir as saying that MIC delegates should vote for Subramaniam.
“It appears that Subramaniam has lost his support in the MIC and has to seek outside help to prop up his support among the delegates. He has lost whatever credibility that was left in him,” Samy Vellu said in a statement.
He said that he was both extremely angry and sad that Subramaniam had allowed an outsider to meddle in the party’s affairs, especially during a crucial election for the MIC.
The party supremo pointed out that when Dr Mahathir was in power, he had said that the Barisan Nasional could not interfere in the internal affairs of a component party.
“But now he interferes in our party matters,” he said.
He said the MIC was holding its elections through the democratic process to allow delegates to pick their leaders and “is not facing any problems for outsiders to get involved.”
“I urge MIC delegates to condemn the actions by Subramaniam and his supporters in getting an outsider involved in our party matters.
“If we allow this to happen, in future, outsiders will continue to interfere in our affairs and we will lose our dignity and respect,” Samy Vellu said.

tunku : samy is feeling the heat.he can't take it anymore.he is still dreaming that mic is a very strong party and Indian community are behind him.it is samy who is so desperate when he named his choice of list for mic leaders.there is not a single party in bn do that.it happens only in mic.samy has the power to force the delegates to elect his choice of candidates.samy for your info,Tun Dr Mahathir does not hold any position in Umno or BN, so he has the right to suggest anything he likes.every bn component party leaders knows that samy is a thorn in bn but he think he is the rose.they hate to see him being so stubborn.even the pm can't stand with his attitude.if he is still the president of mic, mic will never rise again.to get rid of him MIC delegates should not vote for samy's man.