Former MIC treasurer-general R Ramanan said today he will sue party president Dr S Subramaniam for "illegally sacking" him from MIC.

"It is an illegal sacking. I'm going to sue him in my personal capacity," Ramanan told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur.

In the letter he received today, he was informed that the CWC has sacked him from the party.

Ramanan argued that the CWC is incomplete, according to the party constitution, and as such it does not have the power to sack anyone from the party.

The MIC constitution states that the CWC must have nine members nominated by the president, he explained, but in the current CWC, there are only two such members.

"His (Subramaniam's) CWC is an illegal CWC," Ramanan said.

Subramaniam announced two days ago the sacking of Ramanan, who has repeatedly questioned the party's handling of its factional disputes.

Ramanan said he was not given a reason for his sacking even in the official letter, and he was still waiting to be told why he has been sacked as a party member.

Asked what compensation he is expecting from his legal action against Subramaniam ( photo ), Ramanan stressed that he was not doing this for money.

"I expect an apology from Subramaniam for cheating, lying and misleading. That's all.

"His resignation would be good and that would do good for the Indian community, not for me," he quipped.

Ramanan also said that he had been instructed by Subramaniam earlier this year to discredit then MIC president G Palanivel and his wife Kanagam.

He showed a text message exchange between himself and what is purportedly Subramaniam's phone number, detailing the instructions.

As he is merely a "soldier", Ramanan said he did what he was told at the time and now deeply regrets his actions.

"I want to make a public apology to Palanivel and Kanagam.

"I was given a task; I carried out my task," he said.

He also denied any involvement in the assault on MIC deputy president SK Devamany at the MIC headquarters on Dec 17.

"Let the police investigate. We are politicians, we are not gangsters.

"I want to strongly deny (the accusations). My group has nothing to do with the assault on Devamany," Ramanan said.

The assault took place when hundreds of supporters of ousted president G Palanivel thronged the MIC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur to demand recognition for their faction in connection with the prolonged MIC feud.

Palanivel was automatically expelled from the party in June for taking party matters to court.

His faction has alleged there is a conspiracy between the pro-Subramaniam camp and the Registrar of Societies (ROS) to prevent Palanivel from being the party president, a claim ROS has denied.