Fierce Competition for Vice-Chairman of the Central Working Committee in MIC Party Elections Today | Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, November 26 – More than 20,000 MIC delegates from 140 divisions nationwide will elect three vice presidents and 21 members of the party’s Central Working Committee (CWC) for the 2021-2024 term.
MIC Secretary General Datuk M. Asojan said the voting process would start at 4 p.m. today and was expected to end at 7 p.m.
Normally, the election of the 75-year-old party’s top leadership is held simultaneously with the annual general meeting (AGM), but this year it’s being held separately.
The three vice-presidential positions will also see fierce competition between six candidates. Incumbents Datuk T. Mohan, Datuk C. Sivarraajh and Datuk T. Murugiah are challenged by Asojan, Party Information Chief Datuk V. Gunalan and Executive Secretary AK Ramalingam.
A total of 60 candidates will compete for the 21 CWC positions, including former Deputy Minister of Education Datuk P. Kamalanathan, former Party Secretary Datuk A. Sakhtivel, former youth leaders Thinalan Rajagopal and Datuk N.Muneandy.
Previously, Tan Sri SA Vigneswaran defended his chairmanship of MIC after winning the post unopposed while Datuk Seri M. Saravanan was also re-elected unopposed as vice-chairman.
Party wing elections were held on October 30, in which Tenggaroh MP K. Raven Kumar won the post of youth leader unopposed while Datuk Mohana Muniandy took the post of leader party women after beating challenger J. Usha Nandhini.
A. Kishva and R. Puvaneswary also won the leadership positions in the Putera and Puteri youth movements. — Bernama
