T. MURUGIAH and M. Asojan, have defended their MIC vice-president posts, while Senator R. Nelson emerged as the new face for the position in the election for the party’s top leadership for the 2024-2027 term.

The fourth candidate, T. Mohan failed to defend his seat.

Nelson was previously a member of the central working committee (CWC).

Of the 44 candidates who contested for the CWC position, 21 of them were elected members for the same period.

Among those selected as CWC members were S. Tamilvanan, D. Vincent, D. Andrew, P. Kamalanathan, S. Marathamuthu, M. Karuppanan, Dr T. Novalan, G. Raman and Dr. S. Ananthan

The voting process for MIC’s highest office took place at the party’s central headquarters and all states starting at 1pm yesterday with the nomination process carried out last month.

Earlier, S. A. Vigneswaran and former Human Resources Minister M. Saravanan successfully defended their positions as MIC president and MIC deputy president respectively after winning unopposed.

For the MIC wing positions, S. Shatesh Kumar and K. Amarveen Malairaja, respectively, won unopposed to lead Putera MIC as chief and deputy head for the term 2024-2027 while Kemelah assemblywoman N. Saraswati won Wanita MIC chief and Dr P. Thanaletchumy, the Wanita deputy head unopposed. – July 7, 2024.