KLANG: Datuk S. Subramaniam said Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s endorsement of him as the deputy president of the MIC was a “fair comment” by the former Prime Minister.
“We can’t suppress a fair comment and I feel Dr Mahathir is just being fair as he spoke his mind without fear or favour.
“I did not orchestrate the news and it was the newspaper that had come out with the report,” he said.
He was commenting on a front-page report of Makkal Osai yesterday which quoted Dr Mahathir as taking a swipe at MIC president S. Samy Vellu for being “too long” in the party.
Speaking to reporters after meeting about 900 supporters and delegates at the Lourdes Hall at Jalan Tengku Kelana here, Subramaniam said Samy Vellu could not accept it that Dr Mahathir had supported him.
The former MIC deputy president said the Indians should heed Dr Mahathir’s calls for them to progress by removing the party president.
“For the Indian community to progress, we must bring a change in MIC,” he said.
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