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Kuala Lumpur, Sep 19 (ANI): Rejecting former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s demand to immediately step down as the Malaysian Indian Congress Chief, S. Samy Vellu has said that he would stick to his original plan and resign in 2012.

“He (Prime Minister Najib Razak) is aware of my retirement plan. I will keep [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Sep 19 (ANI): Rejecting former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s demand to immediately step down as the Malaysian Indian Congress Chief, S. Samy Vellu has said that he would stick to his original plan and resign in 2012.

“He (Prime Minister Najib Razak) is aware of my retirement plan. I will keep [...]

Putrajaya (Malaysia), Sep 19 (ANI): Former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has warned that Malaysian Indian Congress President S. Samy Vellu will become a liability to the Barisan Nasional in the next general election since his leadership has failed.

Mohamad suggested that Samy Vellu should step down and take responsibility for the party’s failure in [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Sep. 6 (ANI): The Malaysian Indian Congress Youth has asked Selangor Mentri Besar Dr Mohammad Khir Toyo to apologize for his comments on the “cow head” incident, which, they said, has hurt Hindu sentiments.

“He must immediately retract his statement and issue a public apology,” The Star Online quoted MIC leader S. Subramaniam, as [...]

Petaling Jaya, Aug. 29 (ANI): The Malaysian Indian Congress will have to regain Malay-Indian community’s confidence and work hard to prove that it is still relevant to the country, party chief president S Samy Vellu has said.

“There might even come a time when many won’t even realise that there is a party representing the Indians [...]

Kuala Lumpur, July 5 (ANI): The Malaysian Indian Congress has been moving silently on the ground, wooing disgruntled Indians who are angry with the handling of several issues by the opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat.

The campaign mounted by MIC president S. Samy Vellu had received encouraging response, especially from Indian non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

In Perak, the [...]

Petaling Jaya, May 20 (ANI): The newly-formed Indian origin Malaysia Makkal Sakti Party will not resort to street protests, preferring to solve things through discussions.

Party president and former Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) national coordinator R.S. Thanenthiran said grievances could be heard through round-table discussions.

“Enough fighting on the streets. We are more determined than ever [...]

Klang (Malaysia), May 19 (ANI): Several Hindraf leaders in Malaysia have formed a political party, which they say is aimed at addressing the aspirations of the Indian community.

Led by the Hindu Rights Action Force’s former national coordinator, R.S. Thanenthiran, the Malaysia Makkal Sakthi Party vowed to remain neutral.

Its pro-tem secretary-general Kannan Ramasamy said the [...]

Petaling Jaya, May 10 (ANI): Hindraf lawyer and Kota Alam Shah assemblyman M. Manoharan will not be stepping down from his seat as he is no longer an Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee.

He pledged to continue working for his constituents after missing out on his duties for the past 14 months. Manoharan had been quoted [...]

Kuala Lumpur, May 9 (ANI): Malaysian Indian Congress President Samy Vellu has said that the release of Hindraf leaders will not only boost nation’s image locally, but also internationally.

He said that the Malaysian Government has shown concern and humility in releasing the ISA detainees.

“We can now move on and concentrate on more pressing matters to [...]

Kuala Lumpur, May 6 (ANI): The Malaysian Indian Congress has decided to limit the terms of its president, deputy president and vice-presidents, who are likely to serve only three terms of three years each.

Changes in the party constitution have been proposed to limit the number of years served by the top office-bearers of the [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Apr 24 (ANI): Hindraf chairman P.Waythamoorthy, who is in self-exile in London, has vowed to keep the organisation non-political.

The Makkal Osai quoted him as saying that any former Hindraf coordinator or leader [...]

Kuala Lumpur, April 17 (IANS) ‘No pullout, case closed’, said Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) chief S. Samy Vellu while categorically rejecting speculation that his party wants to quit the Malaysian government.
Vellu met Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak Thursday to say that the sole cabinet minister and two junior ministers from the MIC be retained in [...]

Kuala Lumpur, April 15 (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has said Indian and Chinese partners in the ruling coalition were free to air their views on government-formation but he would be the one to decide.
Razak, who took office April 3, is scheduled to chair his first cabinet meeting Wednesday.
Razak was responding to demands [...]

Alor Gajah (Malaysia), Apr 14 (ANI): Malaysian Indian Congress secretary-general Dr S. Subramaniam has said that his party will discuss its grouses over Cabinet post allocations with Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak through proper channels.

Although he said that he would not respond to reports of the party intending to withdraw its only minister as a [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 12 (ANI): The Malaysian Indian Congress may withdraw its lone cabinet minister and two deputy ministers from the central Government as a protest measure against ignorance of Indian community.

According to a senior party official, the proposal was drawn up at a meeting of top party officials on Friday.

“The MIC as the third [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Mar 23 (ANI): Former Malaysian Indian Congress vice-president M. Muthupalaniappan, who failed in his bid to contest the party’s top post, claims that “democracy is dead” in the MIC.

He said this was evident as many of [...]

Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 24 (ANI): Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has said the Government has approved a first stimulus package of twenty million ringgits for the training of Indian youths.

The Human Resource Ministry has identified various appropriate skills training programmes to be offered by private institutions under the package.

“With the money, we will [...]