Ousted MIC central working committee (CWC) member R Ramanan and former youth chief S A Vigneswaran today submitted evidence on the "illegal" establishment of eight divisions and almost 800 branches to the Registrar of Societies (ROS).

Vigneswaran, who is also a senator, told reporters before their submission of the evidence that they will make nationwide police reports on the matter tomorrow.

"These documents are to prove to the ROS that in the MIC election of 2013, there were not only a lot of irregularities but also a clear element of fraud.

"There was a series of reports on Thursday and Friday made on the eight divisions, and all these divisons are new branches set up by the headquarters. They are not supposed to come up in an election year, as per the constitution.

"Not only were they put in illegally, the money for these branches was from the HQ," Vigneswaran said today.

Ramanan said party president G Palanivel ( right ) had not only "cheated his own community" but also "misled" his own MIC members into believing that he has support.

Vigneswaran and Ramanan also posed for photographers with an open black bag and an open file case.

This was to indicate that all they were carrying to meet with ROS were just documents, and not money to bribe the officers with.

This was an apparent reference to a recent report that the MACC had raided ROS' office on suspicion that a ROS officer was "on the take" in the MIC crisis.

Ramanan elaborated that the reason why Palanivel does not want another election, as ordered by the ROS, was because "a lot of atrocities" within the party would surface.

'Can of worms'

If ROS keeps digging deeper, he said, it will open a can of worms.

"It's a very serious allegation we're making right now. These illegal branches have been formed to keep Palanivel and his wife in power," he added.

Ramanan also lambasted MIC members who lodged a report accusing ROS of accepting bribes.

"We set an appointment with the government office and came here officially, whereas Palanivel is instructing and calling ROS's director-general for a meeting with Barath Maniam at the Pullman hotel. Was that an official meeting?"

After the nationwide police reports are lodged, Vigneswaran and Ramanan will go from state to state to explain what is going on in the MIC.

"If Palanivel wants to come to justify himself, he is welcome to do so," Ramanan said.