Kuala Lumpur, Dec 16 – MIC President Datuk Seri G.Palanivel today named Prakash Rao Applanaidoo as the new Secretary-General of the party.
He also named Dato K.R Ramanan as the new Treasurer-General.
Former Selangor Information Chief L.Sivasubramaniam is the party’s new Information Chief.
Apart from Ramanan and Sivasubramaniam, Palanivel also named the other seven appointed Central Working Committee (CWC) members.
They are Tan Sri K.Kumaran , Tan Sri KS Nijhar, YB Senator Dato Barat Maniam,Tenggaroh State Assemblyman K.Ravenkumar, Dato K.S Balakrishnan, Raub Division Chief K.Tamil Selvam and Teluk Kemang MIC Division Chief Dato R.Balakrishnan.
Palanivel also named the State Liaison Chairman. Palanivel will continue to head Selangor, while former Perak Assembly Speaker Dato R.Ganeson will continue to head Perak.
New Vice President Dato S.Balakrishnan Sinniah will be the new Johor Chief and the other new Vice President Dato S.Sothinathan will head Negeri Sembilan. Datuk M.Saravanan will continue to head Wilayah Persekutuan MIC.
Kedah will be headed by Dato S.Ganesan while Penang chief will be M.Karupannan , both are lawyers.
Pahang will be headed by Dato R.Goonasekaren, who is the Special Officer to the Pahang Menteri Besar.
Malacca’s head is Dato MS.Mahadevan and Kelantan, Perlis, Terengganu and Sabah will be continued to be headed by M.Kuppusamy, S.Vengadasamy, R.Suppiah and Dato V.Jothi respectively.
Palanivel also said the appointments of state Wanita, Youth, Puteri and Putera leaders will be done later this month.
Palanivel, who is also the Natural Resources and Environmental Minister, wants all CWC members to get to the ground and work hard and not to be a complacent with the wins or their appointments.
“All State Liaison Chairman should work closely with branches, divisions and grassroot members.”
He also said Ramanan as the new treasurer general should immediately work on the ground to bring in financial contribution to the party, added Palanivel.
–MIC Press Release
