Saturday, March 26, 2011

Perak MIC Saddened by Nazri's Statement

IPOH, 25 MARCH, 2011: Perak MIC chairman Datuk S.Veerasingam said today that Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz should not have made the statement on seat allocation for the next general election."We in the MIC is saddened by the statement by Nazri whom we have all this while viewed as someone of experience," he said, commenting on the minister's remark that the party should not contest in constituencies in Perak which it lost in the last general election.

Veerasingam said that the MIC was a good friend of all Barisan Nasional component parties and was highly committed to the state administration under Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir.He also said that on-the-ground analysis by the MIC indicated that many in the Indian community had returned to the BN fold and that a large number of others were new voters coming forward to support the coalition.

Veerasingam said that BN party members dissatisfied or having problems with the MIC should express their views at closed-door meetings of the coalition.In the last general election, the then MIC president, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, lost the Sungai Siput parliamentary seat while M.Saravanan, also from the party, won Tapah.The MIC lost all four state seats in Perak alloted to the party by BN.


Source-Bernama



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