Murugiah, Asojan retain MIC veep posts, Nelson emerges as new face

Senator Datuk Dr R. Nelson (left) has been elected MIC vice-president, joining Datuk T. Murugiah and Datuk M. Asojan, who successfully defended their spots.

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk T. Murugiah and Datuk M. Asojan have defended their MIC vice-president posts, while Senator Datuk Dr R. Nelson emerged as the new face for the position in the election for the party's top leadership for the 2024-2027 term.

MIC vice-president T. Mohan however suffered an unexpected defeat in the party elections.

The results were announced by MIC election committee deputy chairman and legal adviser Datuk M. Selva here on Sunday (July 7).

Nelson was previously a member of the central working committee (CWC).

In addition, of the 44 candidates who contested for the CWC position, 21 were elected members for the same period.

Among those selected as CWC members were Datuk S. Tamilvanan, D. Vincent, D. Andrew, Datuk P. Kamalanathan, Datuk S. Marathamuthu, Datuk M. Karuppanan, Dr T. Novalan, G. Raman and Datuk Dr S. Ananthan.

The voting process for MIC's highest office took place at the central MIC headquarters and all states starting at 1pm on Saturday (July 6) with the nomination process carried out last month.

Earlier, Tan Sri SA Vigneswaran and former human resources minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan successfully defended their positions as MIC president and MIC deputy president, respectively, after winning unopposed.

For the MIC wing positions, S. Shatesh Kumar and K. Amarveen Malairaja, respectively, won unopposed to lead Putera MIC as chief and deputy head for the term 2024-2027 while Kemelah assemblywoman N. Saraswati was elected Wanita MIC chief and Dr P. Thanaletchumy, the Wanita deputy head unopposed. - Bernama