PN sahkan, MIC pula nafi tinggalkan BN

SETIAUSAHA Agung Perikatan Nasional, Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan semalam mengesahkan bahawa parti MIC sudah menjadi komponen PN yang sah.

Bagaimanapun, timbalan presiden MIC Datuk Seri M. Saravanan berkata parti itu belum membuat keputusan sama ada meninggalkan Barisan Nasional atau kekal dalam gabungan itu.

“Kami tidak membuat sebarang permohonan rasmi untuk menyertai PN.

“Sama ada untuk kekal dalam BN atau menyertai mana-mana parti lain, keputusan itu masih belum dibuat,” katanya.

Jelas beliau, keputusan sedemikian terletak di bawah bidang kuasa Jawatankuasa Kerja Pusat parti.

Takiyuddn berkata di Kota Bharu, PN akan menawarkan peranan dan kedudukan yang lebih baik kepada MIC sekiranya parti itu menyertai gabungan berkenaan sebagai parti anggota.

Beliau berkata, pihaknya akan menyerahkan surat rasmi kepada MIC bagi memaklumkan penerimaan parti itu sebagai parti anggota dalam gabungan berkenaan.

Menurutnya, beliau dijadualkan bertemu Presiden MIC, Tan Sri S A Vigneswaran di Kuala Lumpur pada malam Selasa bagi menjelaskan keputusan tersebut.

“MIC sebenarnya telah diterima lebih awal iaitu pada Disember 2025, namun mesyuarat terbaru PN pada 14 Mac lalu telah mengesahkan minit penerimaan parti itu sebagai parti anggota di bawah kepimpinan baharu,” katanya kepada pemberita pada Selasa.

 

PN confirms but MIC denies leaving BN

PERIKATAN Nasional secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan yesterday confirmed MIC as its new member.

Hoever, MIC deputy president Seri M. Saravanan has denied claims that the party has joined PN, stressing that it remains a component of Barisan Nasional (BN) and has yet to make any decision on leaving.

“We did not make any formal application to join PN. Whether to remain in BN or join any other party — the decision has not been made,” he said, describing reports of MIC’s entry into PN as “speculation.”

The clarification came after Takiyuddin said in Kota Bharu that MIC had officially joined the coalition and would be given a role within PN, and that he would meet MIC president to hand over a formal acceptance letter confirming their membership.

Currently, PN has four component parties — Bersatu, PAS, Gerakan, and MIPP — while several other parties, including MIC, have expressed interest in joining.

The Malaysian Indian People’s Party (MIPP) expressed shock at Takiyuddin’s claim. MIPP president Punithan Paramsiven said that while discussions on MIC’s potential membership took place in principle after a meeting in December 2025, no formal decision has been finalised.

MIC initially applied only for readmission. A new application is required for the party to officially join PN,” he said.

Punithan also suggested that PN should finalise the status of all parties seeking to join — including five other applicants — ahead of the upcoming Melaka state election to ensure clarity within the coalition.

He added that at the Supreme Council meeting on March 14, under the leadership of Dr Samsuri, it was agreed that discussions with MIC should continue and that the party must clarify its position before the state elections later this year.

Takiyuddin, however, had said that PN now considers MIC as a component party, alongside Bersatu, PAS, Gerakan, and MIPP. He confirmed that MIC would be given a role and position within PN, and that several other parties had applied to join the coalition, though decisions are still pending.

 

Derma Tabung Perjuangan