PENANG, Aug 13 – The Indian community’s votes may determine a win for the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the Permatang Pasir state by-election on Aug 25, MIC president Datuk Seri S.Samy Vellu said today.<\/p>\n
He said although the Indian voters are only 1.63 per cent or about 350 people, their votes may determine the outcome.<\/p>\n
His estimation was based on the narrow win by Pas in the Manik Urai by-election on July 14 where BN lost by just 65 votes.<\/p>\n
“Based on Manik Urai, I believe the Indians can play an important role in Permatang Pasir,\u201d he said when opening the new Penang MIC headquarters building.<\/p>\n
“I, together with MIC top leaders, will campaign aggressively in Permatang Pasir, and I am confident Penang MIC has made all preparations for the nomination day on Aug 17,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Given that the number of Indian voters is small, we will campaign house to house and have ceramahs in small groups. That way is more effective,” he said.<\/p>\n
“An operations room can be opened in this building (the new Penang MIC headquarters) and also in the by-election area,” he said.<\/p>\n
Samy Vellu said he will have a meeting with the Penang MIC soon on steps to be taken for the by-election which he felt was very important for the BN.<\/p>\n
The BN and the opposition will announce their candidates tomorrow.<\/p>\n
The Permatang Pasir state seat fell vacant following the death of assemblyman Datuk Mohd Hamdan Abdul Rahman, 63.<\/p>\n
In the 12th general election Hamdan defeated BN’s Ahmad Sahar Shuib with a majority of 5,433 votes. The state constituency has 20,289 votes (including postal voters) with 72.36 per cent being Malays, 25.85 per cent Chinese and 1.63 per cent Indians. – Bernama<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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