KUALA LUMPUR: MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu came under criticism from several delegates who debated on the presidential speech during the second day of the party’s annual general meeting at the Putra World Trade Centre here.
A delegate from Selangor said the party president had sent a birthday card to a branch leader who had already died about four years ago.
The delegate said the wife of the deceased had approached him expressing regret that Samy Vellu had sent such a card and asked that the party president avoid doing such things in the future.
Another delegate from Kubang Pasu, Kedah, said it took nine years for the Indian community there to buy a piece of land to build a Tamil school and had approached Samy Vellu for financial assistance to build it.
New team: Samy Vellu shaking hands with the new information chief P.Kamalanathan while (from left) deputy president Datuk G. Palanivel, new secretary-general S. Murugesan and new treasurer-general Datuk Jaspal Singh look on at the PWTC Sunday. However, he said that despite sending letters and meeting Samy Vellu three times, nothing positive had come from Samy Vellu so far.
Another Kedah delegate pointed out that the root causes of the Kampung Buah Pala problem in Pennag was due to the “failure” of the MIC leadership to address the issue from the beginning.
This prompted Samy Vellu to challenge the delegate to prove his allegations, saying that he (Samy Vellu) was willing to resign from his party post if the delegate could prove them.
Another woman delegate urged delegates not to praise Samy Vellu and other leaders too much.
“MIC members should discard this attitude ... it is a bad habit,” she said.
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