Will MIC and Samy Vellu submit or quit?
Will Samy Vellu submit to the realities of on the ground politics? Or will he threaten to quit BN solidarity?
Tonight (14 April 2010) the old warhorse Samy Vellu will meet his MIC office bearers. They will discuss what they regard as UMNO’s interference into MIC’s prerogative of nominating a candidate of its choice. So, they defiantly say, UMNO mustn’t intervene into its choice of candidate. Or else. Or else what?
This isn’t a seat owned by MIC. Palani lost in the 2008 elections despite having served for 18 years and despite ‘working very hard’ attending to the rakyat in his place. He must be lying because if he has done so, then the rakyat wouldn’t have rejected him. He can’t even hold to that seat during General elections where the resources of all parties are spread thin. He must be a useless fellow.
Samy Vellu wants him to be the candidate. Palani is his deputy and Samy must show his unyielding solidarity with Palani.
The problem is, Hulu Selangor isn’t Samy’s fiefdom that must concede and yield to his demands. The candidate, even if he is from MIC must be winnable. Judging from numbers alone, any candidate from MIC, Palani or not Palani or Mugilan will lose.
