Palanivel must hold CWC emergency meeting within 24 hours — Saravanan

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KUALA LUMPUR: MIC vice president Datuk M Saravanan has urged party president Datuk Seri G Palanivel to hold an emergency Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting within 24 hours.

He said the meeting was important to clarify the validity of his sacking as Federal Territory MIC Liaison Committee chairman.

“Palanivel issued a statement that I was sacked yesterday evening and I received a message from him later at night telling me to continue holding the post.

“When I entered the MIC headquarters this morning, I was obstructed by 20 gangsters who handed me my letter of termination signed by Palanivel. I am confused,” he told a media conference at the MIC headquarters here, yesterday.

On Tuesday, Palanivel appointed Datuk Rajoo Vyraperumal as Federal Territory MIC Liaison Committee chief to replace Saravanan.

He also appointed Tan Sri Ramasamy Muthusamy as Perak MIC Liaison Committee chairman to replace him (Palanivel) while Datuk Ganesan Arumugam took over from Datuk S Sothinathan as Negeri Sembilan MIC Liaison Committee chairman.

Saravanan also stressed that if Palanivel failed to hold the emergency meeting, then he would hold an emergency meeting with the support of 15 CWC members.

He also said he would ask Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, as Barisan Nasional chairman, to solve the MIC crisis if Palanivel did not quickly do so. — Bernama