"... ...of the 900,000 Indian voters, less than half are with the MIC" - G Palanivel ( 'Has awkward MIC thrown in the towel?' - The Malay Mail )

COMMENT Now, when former MIC strongman S Samy Vellu has admitted that during his tenure as party president, in those "closed doors, let's keep it in the (BN) family consensus building meetings", the MIC had no voice whatsoever, it is pointless kicking a running dog, so to speak.

With the general elections perpetually round the corner, BN (race-based) component parties have been scrambling to find relevance in the face of Umno domination and an alternative front which has been very successful in propagating its multicultural/religious message.

While the MCA has a record of accomplishment to fall back on (even though one may disagree with the achievements and agendas of said record), the same cannot be said of the MIC. The political party is testament to the fact that the Indian community (or at least a sizeable disenfranchised section) is estranged from mainstream politics because the MIC has been derelict (I would argue criminally so) in its duties...