Kuala Lumpur, Mar 16: Incumbent Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president S. Samy Vellu is all set to retain the party''s top post for a record 11th consecutive term, as his only challenger, former MIC vice-president M. Muthupalaniappan is not expected to get the minimum 50 nominations required from the party''s branches.
Under the party constitution, a presidential aspirant needs 300 nominations, with each nomination needing a proposer and five seconders, to be eligible to contest. All proposers and seconders must be branch chairmen.
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 1: The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president, Seri S. Samy Vellu has held the Selangor Government responsible for the demolition of the Hindu temple in Ampang, as the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) was under the jurisdiction of the state government.
According to NST. com, Vellu said, "We want the state government to give the assurance that it will not demolish any more temples."