MIC president S Samy Vellu should take immediate steps to arrest declining numbers in Indian student intake into public universities under the merit-based system, said DAP leader Lim Kit Siang today.

"Samy Vellu should speak up during the cabinet meeting tomorrow to call for an end to the inequitable merit-based university entrance system," he said in a statement.

MIC is the largest and oldest Indian-based party in the ruling coalition.