MIC deputy president M Saravanan and PKR vice-president K Saraswathy have been trading insults and accusations following the partial demolition of a 103-year-old Hindu temple in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur.

The roots of their feud can be traced back to the time when the late MIC president S Samy Vellu and his late estranged number two S Subramaniam locked horns. Saravanan was aligned with the former while Saraswathy was in the latter’s camp.

Saravanan also defeated...