All the president's men:

Samy Vellu shows who's boss at MIC elections

2009/09/13

M.K. Megan, B. Suresh Ram and Sajahan Waheed

Palanivel and company sweep top posts.
MIC chief says Indians upset with BN, not him.

KUALA LUMPUR: The president’s men made an almost clean sweep in the party elections, reinforcing the firm grip Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has on the party.

Samy Vellu’s men won the post of deputy president and the three vice-presidencies. They also took 19 of the 23 central working committee posts.

There had been wide speculation that many in the Indian community felt Samy Vellu had overstayed his welcome. But, the results show that the MIC delegates are still behind him.

However, there appears to be an undercurrent of desire for some change at least, as evidenced by the small majorities received by some of Samy Vellu’s men and one of his harshest critics being voted into the CWC.

Incumbent deputy president Datuk G. Palanivel retained his post with a slim margin of 82 votes while the three MIC members of parliament Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam, Datuk S.K. Devamany and Datuk M. Saravanan won the vice-presidencies.