S Vell Paari was today appointed the new secretary-general of MIC to succeed S Rajagopal.

The appointment was announced by MIC president SA Vigneswaran after chairing the meeting of the party’s central working committee (CWC) at the MIC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

Vigneswaran also announced two top appointments – MS Amrit Kaur replacing Vell Paari as the treasurer-general, and V Gunalan as information chief, succeeding VS Mohan.

Vell Paari and Amrit Kaur were among the nine individuals appointed through the power of the president to hold the CWC post.

Vigneswaran also announced the appointment of seven new MIC state chairpersons, while three other incumbents in Perlis, Perak and Penang – S Vengadasamy, V Elango and M Nyanasegaran were retained.

“For Pahang, the state MIC chairman is VP Arumugam, GR Kannan (Malacca), M Rajandran (Selangor), R Vidyananthan (Johor), S Ananthan (Kedah), S Rajah (Federal Territories) and M Veloo (Negeri Sembilan),” he said.

- Bernama