ALL the seats MIC contested in the last polls will be allocated to the party in the 15th general election (GE15), Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said.

Zahid, who is Umno president, said MIC could also contest in other seats but this would be subject to negotiations with BN deputy chairman Mohamad Hasan.

“Tan Sri Vicky (MIC president S.A. Vigneswaran), I promise, whatever seats contested by MIC in GE14 and past polls are confirmed to be MIC’s. Tan Sri Vicky, if you want more, can check with Tok Mat (Mohamad).

“But I am confident that Tok Mat, the prime minister (Ismail Sabri Yaakob) and I will consider this favourably because we feel that the togetherness of BN component parties has paid dividends,” he added.

He said this when launching the national MIC Brigade and crime prevention exhibition in Kuala Lumpur today.

Earlier, MIC had expressed its intention to contest in 12 parliamentary seats in the next general election and had conveyed the matter to the BN top leadership for consideration.

In the 2018 federal polls, MIC contested in nine parliamentary seats, namely Sungai Siput and Tapah in Perak; Sungai Buloh, Hulu Selangor, Kapar and Kota Raja (Selangor); Port Dickson (Negri Sembilan); Segamat (Johor) and Cameron Highlands (Pahang). – Bernama, September 18, 2022.