KLANG: MIC deputy presidential candidate Datuk S. Subramaniam has denied he is banking on external influence to canvass for votes in his bid to recapture the post today.
He said it was beyond his control should any political party leader outside the MIC make favourable statements about him.
“He (MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu) gets upset whenever somebody praises me ... everyone has the right to speak,” Subramaniam told reporters after attending a gathering with about 900 members and delegates of the Klang MIC division last night.
A local Tamil daily front-paged former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s support for Subramaniam, who was ousted as the MIC number two by Datuk G. Palanivel in 2006.
In response, Samy Vellu was reported as saying that Subramaniam had lost whatever credibility he had left by seeking the help of outsiders.
Subramaniam said Dr Mahathir spoke his mind without fear or favour and the paper just published what he had said.
“I had nothing to do with it. I am grateful to him (Dr Mahathir) because he said something nice about me,” he said.
Subramaniam is challenging Palanivel, who is Samy Vellu’s handpicked choice, and vice-president Datuk S. Sothinathan for the post.
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