The Gerakan Anti Samy Vellu (GAS) gathering scheduled tomorrow at The Mines Convention Centre in Seri Kembangan would be the first step towards a new beginning for the Indian community in the country said former MIC Youth chief V Mugilan.

gas pc mic 270510 mugilan Mugilan who initiated GAS said he and three of his colleagues who started the movement had laid the path for change but the desired changes can only take place if the Indian community was ready to come out and show their stand at 2pm tomorrow.

"Tomorrow is the deciding day to adopt changes. This is not my struggle and not that of those stripped of their positions but this is the struggle of all Indians.

"If the attendance is big, it will be a clear signal that MIC president S Samy Vellu must go. If there is no crowd, I will say Samy Vellu will remain in his seat as MIC president," he told reporters in the presence of sacked MIC Central Working Committee (CWC) members KP Samy, G Kumar Aamaan and former Petaling Jaya MIC division chief V Subramaniam, who is also known as Bharat Maniam.

Tomorrow will decide success or failure

Mugilan said right now the Indian community are confused and uncertain as to what was important, Samy Vellu or the struggle for Indians.

As such, the people must be briefed of the conflict, situation and resolved during the GAS gathering, so that MIC as a party would return to the right track and the position of the Indians, restored.

"The success and failure of the gathering tomorrow is that of the Indian community in the country. We have only set up a platform for the Indians in the country to express their views and opinion. If the Indians do not want change, we cannot do anything," he said.

Bharat Maniam meanwhile said, Indians, especially party members should attend the gathering to send a message to the MIC president that we a democratic country and that we want democracy.

"Since Samy Vellu took over the helm of MIC in 1979, I believe democracy in MIC had died. So, the gathering will be the right forum to revive democracy in MIC," he said.

- Bernama