Exiting BN: MIC’s options, question for PH to ponder

The latest development in the ongoing BN crisis saw former Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Tajuddin Abdul Rahman blurt out that MIC deputy president Datuk M Saravanan confirmed MIC’s exit from BN.

Would MIC finally quit? Or even worse, would it join the federal opposition, Perikatan Nasional (PN)?

The icing of the cake is, MIC can still opt to support the Madani government without being part of BN.

Exiting BN would not make Saravanan lose his government backbencher position.

An interesting observation is also the fact that the opposition bloc has gone all out to woo MIC.

Saravanan attended a function which was also attended by Bersatu secretary general Datuk Seri Azmin Ali.

The Deepavali open house that he hosted also saw in attendance PN chief Tan Sri Mahiaddin Yassin and Bersatu youth chief, Hilman Idham, among others, in the list of dignitaries.

The same enthusiasm, however is evaporated when PN deals with MCA.

Both MCA and MIC are in the same boat – pondering a likely exit from BN.

Why is PN keen about MIC but turns a cold shoulder towards the MCA?

It is a question for PH to ponder upon.

Having MIC in PN would mean PN would be able to tap into the Indian vote bloc.

PN has Indian component parties such MIPP and via IPR – Urimai and the MAP. However these are small parties with no organised grassroots support.

The same cannot be said of the MCA.

In addition to that, the Chinese vote bloc is backing the DAP and PH unconditionally.

Hence it will be wise for PH to focus on its Indian bloc vote.

Why so? PN also has multiple Indian parties aligned with it.

The percentage of Indians supporting PN is higher than the Chinese.

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