Well, it appears that the tactic used by PR to announce their candidate way earlier has rattled the other side who seem to be in a state to put forward the candidate of their choice. Such a scenario certainly does not augur well for the BN despite the many goodies that they have been dishing out to the Hulu Selangor constituents. What a sharp contrast to the amicable and unanimous decision to let Zaid be the candidate for PR.
According to the report, about half of the branch chiefs, representing some 30 of the 72 branches in Hulu Selangor, went to the MIC division headquarters in Kuala Kubu Bharu this afternoon to express concern that Palanivel could be snubbed by top BN leaders. They argued that if Palanivel was not chosen as the BN candidate, it would be a blatant show of disrespect to MIC and its leadership.
According to the report:
"We will not go out to vote if it is not Palanivel," said grassroots leader K Alloo Pillai, suggesting that BN could be facing a boycott.Another report released at 7.15pm HERE said that there will an emergency central working committee meeting at 10pm tonight at the MIC party headquarters. There were also rumours that Umno-favoured MIC candidate V Mugilan is meeting Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin this evening, arranged by BN secretary-general, Tengku Adnan who denied having arranged such a meeting. He also denied that there was a meeting between MIC president S Samy Vellu and Muhyiddin Yassin but pointed out that it is a norm for Samy to meet Muhyiddin.
He's the chosen one.
Hulu Selangor MIC information chief Raily Muniandy has threatened that all MIC branches in the constituency would be closed.
hulu selangor 020410 hulu selangor mic information chief s muniandy alias raily muniandy"We fully support Palanivel because he has the calibre, a clean hand, and he is a resident here for almost 18 years," said Raily (left).
He explained that Palanivel, who hails from Penang, does not have to be born in the constituency to qualify as a local.
"He knows who is Ah Kaw, Ahmad and Ramasamy here because for 18 years he has been here," he said, stressing that Palanivel is the most suitable.
Asked if they would support any other MIC candidate, Raily said: "The MIC central working committee has decided Palanivel as the candidate for Hulu Selangor and that's final."
BN deputy chief Muhyiddin Yassin, who has been tasked to make the announcement of the BN candidate, has today rubbished claims that he was in favour of fielding MIC Youth deputy chief V Mugilan.
Interestingly, Umno vice-president Hishammuddin Hussein emphasized that they want a winning candidate, while BN Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin has called for a youthful candidate to be fielded several days ago. For your information, Mugilan (the MIC deputy Youth chief) is 35 years old while Palanivel is 61.
So can we expect more fireworks? What is the impression that they are giving to the Hulu Langat constituents?
Your guess is as good as mine. Whatever they case, the constituents MUST come out to vote and VOTE WISELY!!!! It is crystal clear now which side they should support.
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