I refer to the Malaysikini report Plot thickens, Nijhar says MIED part of MIC.

I am not a MIC member nor am I affiliated to any political party but as an Indian Malaysian its natural for me to take a keen interest in the development of MIC from time to time. I am  neither a mouth piece for S Samy Vellu, the president of MIC who is deemed to have overstayed.
 
I find the comments from the former deputy president of MIC, S. ubramaniam, ex-MIED board member M Mahalingam and others with regards to the Maju Institute of  Educational Development (MIED)  issue rather puzzling and misleading.
 
It is simply impossible without some form of official discussion and deliberation at the MIC central working committee CWC level for the MIED not to have functioned all these years. I tend to believe in KS Nijar's clarification recently that the 33 MIED board members were aware of the concurrent MIED/MIC meeting sessions. If they are not then they would have been sleeping all these years.
 
These gentlemen were all party to the many decisions of the MIC in the past and now they are claiming that they are not aware of the MIED meetings. Samy may have overstayed as the MIC president but we cannot simply accuse him for every wrong under the sun.

It does not reflect well on Subra and the rest to hoodwink the public with half-truths as they were part and parcel of the decision-making process metamorphism in the MIC.
 
It appears that those who were sacked or were defeated  in the MIC elections are going all out to run down Samy by painting a very bad picture of him to the public with all sorts of half truths.

Samy may have his share of faults but we cannot deny the fact that he has contributed immensely to the Indian community. I am confident he will not betray the Indian community with regards to the MIED and Aimst issue contrary to what Subra and others think.
 
It is indeed a wise and safe move by Samy to allow the MIED and the Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technolonoly University (Aimst) to operate as  separate (NGO) entities.
It is rather too risky to leave these two entities, which are estimated to be worthseveral million ringgit, under the direct control of the MIC.
 
As I see it, the MIC is undergoing a major metamorphosis and it is vulnerable, for anything can happen from now till the next general elections. The possibility for another power-struggle emerging cannot be ruled out and it may happen as soon as Samy officially steps down.

This power struggle will somewhat destabilise the MIC and it may have serious implications on the business activities of MIED and Aimst if both these entities are still under the direct control of the MIC.
 
As such, the announcement by Samy to separate these two institutions as NGOs is indeed a wise move. However, Samy should not at any time claim that he owns these two entities because they belongs to the Indian community and to all Malaysians in general.
 
 Having said that, I wonder what has the former MIC deputy president Subramaniam actually contributed to the Indian community? Subra has been dropping all kinds of bombshells to destabilise the MIC. He may be approachable and diplomatic but in reality he does not possess the ‘unique qualities’ to lead the MIC.
 
Subra has not been able to even convince or rope in S Sothinathan who happens to belong to his own clan (Gounder) onto his side so how is going to lead the MICwhich is made of Indians from the various clans?

Had Subra  worked out an understanding with Sothinatha,  he could have won the deputy president's post in the recently ended  MIC elections with a comfortable majority. It looks like Subra lacks the acumen and the special human touch to lead the MIC.

It is time for Subra to also  fade away and leave the younger MIC team to chart a new course for the party.