MIC' s power and influence in BN government

As no Umno, MCA, Gerakan and other non-MIC ministers and deputy minister is known to be readers of Tamil-language newspapers, the only source of pressure for the BN government to close down Makkal Osai daily can only stem from within the Tamil-literate segment of MIC. Who says MIC has no power and influence in Barisan Nasional ? Among the 13 Indian Malaysians who have been elected as Members of Parliament, ten stands on the DAP/PKR platform while only three are affiliated with MIC and MIC's president Samy Vellu lost his seat.

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