Consider giving us some of your seats, MIC tells BN leaders

MELAKA: MIC has proposed to the Barisan Nasional (BN) leadership to allow it to contest 12 parliamentary seats in the 15th general election (GE15).

Its president SA Vigneswaran said the party had a chance of winning the seats, which he said “are not just traditional MIC seats”.

“We have a fighting chance to win. We can’t just be contesting in our (traditional) parliamentary seats. What about the Umno parliamentary seats? In managing the BN family, I’m sure they will consider this,” he told reporters on the sidelines of the Melaka MIC delegates’ conference last night.

He pointed out that “to ensure BN’s victory”, MIC “handed over” the Cameron Highlands. which it had traditionally held, to Umno in the 2019 by-election.

Vigneswaran also said MIC was still discussing the state seats it wanted to contest and a list would be submitted to the BN leadership soon.

He said the party’s election machinery was ready to move “more aggressively” to ensure BN’s victory in GE15. — Free Malaysia Today