Former MIC vice-president K Kumaran has defended his party against accusations of being a "burden" to BN. He said Umno's "divide-and-rule" tactic, while effective for the Malay party, had caused non-Malay parties such as MIC and MCA to fail.

"Why did Umno emerge as the party that gets the Malay votes?

"Clearly it is because Umno never allowed any...