‘Current political landscape a boon for MIC’
SHAH ALAM: MIC president Tan Sri S.A. Vigneswaran has described the current political landscape as a boon for the party as it has more time to unite grassroots members to become a formidable opposition under Barisan Nasional.
Vigneswaran said the party would focus on reaching out to members who were not on the electoral roll and get them registered.
“We want to concentrate on our own voters... every party division has an election committee and we want to ensure our members become voters.
“The current political landscape is the best thing that could happen. We have more time to do the things we want.
“We do not have to spend money on programmes, unlike in the past where all we wanted was to run programmes explaining the government policies to the Indian community,” he said after opening the 31st National-level Convention of Wanita, Pemuda, Putera and Puteri MIC here yesterday.
The party had one of its poorest outings in the 14th General Election winning only two parliamentary and three state seats.
Vigneswaran, who is Dewan Negara president, said the Pakatan Harapan government was leveraging the support of Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad where, if not for him, the coalition would not have succeeded in forming the government.