MIC president Datuk Seri G.Palanivel on Monday announced the list of the interim Central Working Committee (CWC) following the Home Ministry's order for the party to hold fresh elections for all elected
posts by the 2009 CWC.

He said the Registrar of Societies (RoS) had directed that members of the CWC elected in 2009 shall form the interim CWC for the purpose of holding the fresh elections.

"Though the directive of RoS as such is not provided for in the Societies Act, 1966 or the MIC constitution, MIC will carry out fresh elections as an amicable solution to the issue," he said in a statement, here, Monday.

On Monday, Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the 68-year-old party had to hold fresh elections for all elected posts between April and July to avoid deregistration.

The decision was made by RoS to ensure that the dispute over the election of the party's office-bearers could be resolved once and for all.

Palanivel said he had also nominated and appointed nine members of the CWC under Article 46.5 of the MIC constitution. They are Datuk S. Sothinathan, Datuk S.Balakrishnan, S.Sunther, Senator Datuk V. Subramaniam, R.Vidyanathan, M.Karuppanan, Datuk M.S.Mahadevan and L.Sivasubramaniam.

"Pursuant to the sole and absolute power conferred upon me as the president under Article 49 of the MIC constitution, I appoint three persons from the interim Central Working Committee.

"They are Datuk S.Sothinathan as the party secretary-general, Datuk S.Murugesan, (who was part of the 2009 CWC) as the treasurer-general and Sivasubramaniam as information chief," he said.

Explaining further, Palanivel said there were no Putera or Puteri wings in existence during the elections in 2009, which were only created after amendments to the party constitutions were made in September 2009.

"Thus, there will not be any representative from these wings in the interim CWC," he said.

Palanivel said that under Article 60.3 of the MIC constitution, he had the power to superintend the administration of MIC.

"I will accordingly call for the meeting of the interim CWC to take all the necessary steps to hold the fresh elections," he said.

In this regard, the members of the CWC elected in 2009 who will form part of the interim Central Working Committee are as follows:

President: Datuk Seri G.Palanivel

Deputy President: Datuk Seri Dr S.Subramaniam

Vice-Presidents​: 1. Datuk Seri S.K.Devamany
2. Datuk M.Saravanan

Central Working​ Committee:

1. A.Sakthivel
2. Senator Datuk Jaspal Singh
3. Datuk V.S.Mogan
4. Datuk M.Davendran
5. Datuk S.S.Rajagopal
6. Datuk R.Ganesan
7. Datuk S.Ganesan
8. Datuk S.Murugesan
9. Datuk R.Moorthy
10. K.R.Parthiban
11. M.Asojan
12. Datuk Randhir Singh
13. Datuk K.R.A.Naidu
14. S.Ananthan
15. Datuk M.M.Samy
16. S.P.Manivasagam
17. Datuk V.M.Panjamothy
18. Datuk A.Ganesan
19. N.Rawisandran
20. P.Palaniappan
21. Mathuraiveran
22. K.P.Samy
23. Datuk P.K.Subbayah (deceased)
24. Datin Paduka K.Komala (Women's Wing leader)
25. T.Murukasvary (Women's Wing)
26. M.Mohana (Women's Wing)
27. Datuk T.Mohan (Youth Wing leader)
28. P.Shanmugan (Youth Wing)
29. Datuk G.Kumaar Aamaan (Youth Wing)
30. Putera Leader – None
31. Puteri Leader – None