MIC: 13 new faces for state seats, 2 for parliament

Feb 20, 08 4:15pm

MIC will field 13 new faces for the 19 state seats the party controls while changes have been made to two of the nine parliamentary seats. Party president S Samy Vellu announced today that veteran vice-president KS Nijhar has been dropped from the line-up and will be replaced by S Murugesan for the Subang parliament seat. Meanwhile, MIC information chief M Saravanan will contest in the Tapah parliamentary seat while incumbent S Veerasingam, who is also party vice-president, will be moved to the Sungkai state seat.