New MIC deputy president touched by support, vows to do his best

KUALA LUMPUR: Tapah MP Datuk Seri M Saravanan is MIC's new deputy president following the conclusion of the Barisan Nasional (BN) component party's polls yesterday.

He defeated former Perak MIC chairman Tan Sri M Ramasamy in the contest for the party's 2018 to 2021 term.

Saravanan obtained 9,391 votes to Ramasamy's 5,270.

The election results were announced by MIC election committee chairman Tan Sri G Rajoo at the party's headquarters, here, yesterday.

14,911 out of 25,536 members were eligible to vote in the party polls involving 4,256 branches nationwide.

In June, Tan Sri SA Vigneswaran was the sole candidate vying for the presidency and won the post uncontested.

He replaced Datuk Seri S Subramaniam who announced that he was not going to defend the post.

Meanwhile, Saravanan when met, expressed his gratitude to all members who voted for him.

"I am touched with the support given and I promise to do my best in shouldering this trust.

"I will work with the president of the party to bring about improvements in order to regain the rakyat's support for MIC," he said.

The following is MIC's 2018 - 2021 leadership line-up:

President: Tan Sri SA Vigneswaran

Deputy President: Datuk Seri M Saravanan

Vice Presidents: Datuk T Mohan, Datuk C Sivarraajh, Datuk T Murugiah

Central Working Committee (CWC) members:

1. J Dhinagaran

2. S Kannan

3. Gunaselan Rajoo

4. G Raman

5. Datuk MP Nathan

6. M Veeran

7. V Gunalan

8. Datuk R Supramaniam

9. K Murali Nath

10. Datuk P Kamalanathan

11. Datuk RS Maniam

12. D Tharma Kumaran

13. RT Raja

14. N Saundarasan

15. K Rajan

16. Sathasivam Kalimuthu

17. VP Shanmugan

18. Mathuraiveran Marimuthu

19. R Rajandran

20. K Ravi

21. Datuk Subramaniam Karuppiah